Wilhelm Theodor Kraut
Wilhelm Theodor Kraut (born March 15, 1800 in Lüneburg , † January 1, 1873 in Göttingen ) was a German legal scholar and university professor .
Life
Kraut enjoyed his education at the Johanneum Lüneburg and at the Gothaer Gymnasium Illustre . He then went to the University of Göttingen in 1819 . There he studied law. His studies were shaped by the historical school of law . He heard first Gustav von Hugo , then Johann David Michaelis lectures. In 1821 he moved to the University of Berlin , where he attended lectures by Carl von Savigny and Karl Friedrich Eichhorn . On 10 August 1822 he was at the University of Göttingen Dr. iur. PhD . In October of the same year he completed his habilitation there as a private lecturer .
Herb was born on July 1, 1828 to associate professor , then on 21 January 1836 Associate Professor of German private law appointed . On the occasion of the Hanoverian constitutional conflict of 1837, he and five other lecturers at the university wrote a pamphlet with which he wanted to prevent the dismissal of the Göttingen Seven by the Hanoverian King Ernst August . This request could not be enforced.
From 1850 to 1853, Kraut was an elected representative of the University of Göttingen and a member of the First Chamber of the Hanoverian Assembly of Estates . In 1870 he was given the title of Privy Councilor of Justice . He was also a member of the Juristentag and regularly attended its meetings without making any prominent contributions.
Publications (selection)
- Ground plan for lectures on German private law including feudal law: together with the attached sources , Dieterich, Göttingen, several editions from 1830.
- Guardianship according to the principles of German law , 3 volumes, Dieterich, Göttingen, 1835–1859.
- with Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin : Academiae Georgiae Augustae prorector Aug. Henricus Ritter D. cum senatu successorem in summo magistratu academico Guil. Theod. Herb D. civibus suis honoris et officii causa commendat: insunt FG Schneidewini Progymnasmata in anthologiam Graecam , Dieterich, Göttingen 1840.
- The old town charter of Lüneburg , Dieterich, Göttingen 1846.
literature
- Johann August Ritter von Eisenhart : Kraut, Wilhelm Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 92 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraut, Wilhelm Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luneburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1873 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |