Peter Hinrich Widow

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Mayor's pfennig with portrait and coat of arms by Peter Hinrich Widow (copper engraving by Andreas Stöttrup )

Peter Hinrich Widow (born August 3, 1736 in Hamburg , † October 16, 1802 ibid) was a German lawyer , councilor , bailiff in Ritzebüttel and mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Life

After completing his education at the Johanneum Scholars' School and the Academic Gymnasium , Widow studied law at the University of Göttingen and received his doctorate there on November 23, 1761, with a degree in both rights. After completing his studies, he went to Wetzlar and returned to Hamburg in 1763 after long journeys.

In 1764 Widow was elected judge at the lower court , 1766 at the district court and on August 14, 1767 councilor. From 1772 to 1778 he was bailiff in Ritzebüttel. In 1790 he became a protosolarch . Widow was elected mayor on August 29, 1800, but died on October 16, 1802 at the age of 66. A mayor's penny was minted on his death .

family

Widow was a son of the Hamburg mayor Conrad Widow (1686–1754) from his second marriage to Anna Gertrud de Hertoghe (1709–1736). On June 6, 1769 he married Henriette Martens (1747-1827). His daughter Henriette Charlotte Widow (1770–1807) married the businessman Caspar Zeller (1756–1823) in 1798 . His son Peter August Widow (1771-1821) was council secretary and councilor.

Works (selection)

  • Dissertatio inauguralis de dominio mercium intervenientibus litteris recognitionis transmissarum moto concursu creditoribus cedente . Göttingen 1761 ( online at Google Books).

literature

  • Friedrich Georg Buek : Peter Hinrich Widow, JUL In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, p. 271–272 ( digitized from Google Books).
  • Anton Heinrich Kellinghusen: Widow (Peter Hinrich, JUL) I. In: Lexicon of the Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 8 , no. 4350 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1883 ( facsimile on the pages of the Hamburg State and University Library ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anton Heinrich Kellinghusen: Widow (Peter August, JU Dr.) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 8 , no. 4349 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1883 ( facsimile on the pages of the Hamburg State and University Library). Facsimile ( memento of the original from October 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / schroeder.sub.uni-hamburg.de
personal data
SURNAME Widow, Peter Hinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widow, Peter Heinrich; Widow, Petrus Hinrich; Widow, Petrus Henricus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1802
Place of death Hamburg