Marcus Tönsen
Marcus Tönsen (born November 30, 1772 in Kius , Duchy of Schleswig , † July 11, 1861 ) was a German theologian and legal scholar .
Life
Prepared as the son of a farmer at the cathedral school in Schleswig , he devoted himself from 1790 to studying Protestant theology at the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel in the Duchy of Holstein . In 1796 he passed the official theological examination at Gottorf Castle . Immediately afterwards he became a preacher in the German congregation in Dublin . He resigned this office in 1799, returned to Kiel and studied law. In 1801 he passed the legal examination with the highest grade (first character). In 1802 he became a junior lawyer in Kiel, and in 1804University syndic, higher court attorney in 1805 and in the same year royal guardian of the Tønder and Højerharde families .
He remained in this office until 1816, when he accepted the appointment as a full professor at Kiel University. In 1817 the Faculty of Law appointed him Dr. iuris in honorem . In 1823/24 and 1838/39 he was rector of the Christian Albrechts University. Royal Danish budget councilor since 1841, he retired in 1850 .
Works
- Glossary of some fragments of the revised regional court order . 1802
- Basics of a general positive private law, presented from a positive legal principle , 1828
- Contributions to the criticism and to the basis of a general positive private law . 1842
- Co-author in: The constitution and inheritance law of the Duchy of Schleswig. Criticism of the Commission's concerns about the successions of the Duchy of Schleswig . Hamburg 1846.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rector's speeches (Historical Commission Munich)
- ↑ Carsten Erich Carstens: Tönsen, Marcus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 441 f.
literature
- Lübker- Schröder : S.-H. Writers' Lexicon II, 640.
- Alberti II, 477.
- Volbehr : Professors and docents at the University of Kiel . 1887. page 26
- Carsten Erich Carstens : Tönsen, Marcus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 441 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tönsen, Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1772 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kius , Duchy of Schleswig |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 1861 |
| Place of death | unsure: Kiel |