Julius Dedekind

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Julius Levin Ulrich Dedekind (born July 11, 1795 in Holzminden , † August 2, 1872 in Braunschweig ) was a German lawyer . He taught from 1822 to 1872 at the Brunswick Collegium Carolinum , whose development he played a major role.

life and work

The son of the doctor Johann Julius Wilhelm Dedekind (1742–1799) attended grammar school in Holzminden until 1816 . He then studied law in Göttingen , received a legal prize in 1819 and was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD. In the same year he became a private lecturer at the law faculty there, where he held lectures on land law and the history of the duchy for the Braunschweig students studying in Göttingen .

Activity in Braunschweig

Dedekind accepted a call to the Brunswick Collegium Carolinum, where he was appointed to the law teacher on April 26, 1822 as the successor to Johann Gottlieb Gerhard Buhle, who died in 1821 . In 1823 he was appointed full professor and syndic . For 50 years he gave lectures on various subjects of law, statistics, trade geography, economics and history. In 1825 he also became a teacher of military geography and history at the newly established cadet institute in Braunschweig. After the reform of the Collegium Carolinum, Dedekind was appointed head of the mercantilist department in 1835 , which was closed in 1862. From 1838 he was also director of the Herzogliche Intellektiven-Kontor and a member of the commission for examining candidates for the higher education authority. He was appointed privy councilor in 1836 and secret councilor on April 25, 1871. On April 26, 1872, the day of his 50th anniversary as a teacher at the Collegium Carolinum, he received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion . He died on August 2, 1872 in Braunschweig.

family

Dedekind was married to Caroline Marie Henriette, born in 1824. Emperius (1799–1882), daughter of the Braunschweig university professor Johann Ferdinand Friedrich Emperius . The daughters Julie and Mathilde, born in 1825 and 1827, were followed in 1829 by the older son and later lawyer Adolf Dedekind and in 1831 by the mathematician Richard Dedekind .

Fonts (selection)

  • How, according to the laws and customs of the Germans in the older and middle ages, succession was transferred according to the right of cognation. (Price publication) 1819.
  • Outline of a history of the sources of bill of exchange law and its processing in all European countries. Brunswick 1846.
  • Basics of the history of the country and the agriculture of the Duchy of Braunschweig. Brunswick 1858.
  • Scheverlingenburg and Walle. A contribution to the history of Guelph allodies and foundations. Brunswick 1856.
  • History of German Agriculture.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Dedekind, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dedekind, Julius Levin Ulrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Holzminden
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1872
Place of death Braunschweig