Philipp Ernst Bertram

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Philipp Ernst Bertram (* 1726 in Zerbst ; † October 13, 1777 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German legal scholar and historian . Bertram was a professor of law and history at the University of Halle .

Life

Bertram was born the son of a doctor and city ​​physicist . He attended school in Zerbst and began in May 1743, a law degree at the University of Halle. In 1746, while still a student, he was the editor of the scandalous work Philosophical Investigation of the Condition of People in Original Sin , a translation of Adrian Beverland's work, which had several editions. However, because of the publication, Bertram was expelled from the university. In the same year he was given the opportunity to go to the University of Jena as a page steward of the Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Weimar , where he matriculated in early May 1746. In 1753 Bertram took over the office of government secretary in Weimar .

On April 25, 1762, Bertram was appointed Professor juris publici et Historiarum honorario at the University of Halle. On the instructions of the Prussian King Friedrich II. He was appointed associate professor on June 21, 1762 , with the order to legitimize himself by obtaining the doctorate. In the same year he first passed the master's examination . At the beginning of September 1764, Bertram received a full professorship in constitutional law and history, this time with a salary. In December 1765 he received his doctorate at the law faculty of the University of Halle with the dissertation De genuino sensu ac valore constitutionis Friderici I. Imp. To the doctor of law . From 1766 he was an assessor at the law faculty and from 1771 senior librarian at the university library in Halle . It was not until April 1777 that he acquired citizenship in Halle . Just a few months later, on October 13, 1777, he died in Halle. He was a member of the German Society of Göttingen .

Philipp Ernst Bertram left an extensive body of literature . As early as 1751, his translation from the French The Fine Arts , a work of the French philosopher Charles Batteux , appeared in four parts, and from 1752 to 1754 the translation of Des Herr Abts Lenglet du Fresnoy's Instructions for Learning the History of Nicolas Lenglet du Fresnoy appeared in four parts . As volumes 11 to 13 Bertram published from 1762 to 1772 a continuation of the work General history of Spain to the present day by Juan de Ferreras. However, his last volume ended in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia . His work Introduction to the State Constitution of Today's European Empires and States appeared in 1770. He could not finish the work History of the House and Principality of Anhalt , it appeared posthumously and was later continued by Johann Christoph Krause . From 1772 until his death he was also the editor of the Hallische Gelehrten Zeitung .

Publications (selection)

  • Philosophical Inquiry Of Man's Condition In Original Sin. as translator and editor, Leipzig 1746.
  • The fine arts derived from a reason. as translator, Gotha 1751.
  • Instructions for learning the history. as a translator, 4 parts, Gotha 1752 to 1754.
  • Letters. 3 parts, Gotha 1753 to 1759.
  • Johan von Ferrera's general history of Spain. Continued with volumes 11 to 13, hall 1762 to 1772.
  • De Genvino Sensv Ac Valore Constitvtionis Friderici I. Imp. II. ( Dissertation ), Halle 1765.
  • Introduction to the state constitution of today's European empires and states. Hall 1770.
  • The current state of the papal court. as translator, Halle 1771.
  • History of the House and Principality of Anhalt. Hall 1780 to 1782.

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SURNAME Bertram, Philipp Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Zerbst
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1777
Place of death Halle (Saale)