Martin Emden

Martin Emden (born February 2, 1801 in Frankfurt am Main ; † November 2, 1858 ibid) was a German lawyer and politician .

Emden, who was of Jewish faith, was the son of the Frankfurt citizen and banker Feist Jakob Emden († 1831). He studied law and was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD. In 1825 he was admitted to the bar in the Free City of Frankfurt .

From 1854 he was a board member of the Jewish community in Frankfurt and from 1858 its chairman. He was also a board member of the Goldschmidt Scholarship Foundation. He was also politically active and was a member of the legislative body of the Free City of Frankfurt from 1850 to 1851 (and again as a supplement in 1852) .

literature

• Paul Arnsberg : The history of the Frankfurt Jews since the French Revolution. Volume III: Biographical lexicon of the Jews in the areas: science, culture, education, public relations in Frankfurt am Main . Eduard Roether Verlag, Darmstadt 1983, ISBN 3-7929-0130-7 , p. 530.
• Johann Carl Herrmann Schmeidler: The fall of the kingdom of Judah: a historical-critical attempt, 1831, p. 128 ff., Digitized
• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 117.