Victor Ehrenberg (jurist)
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Victor Ehrenberg | |
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Born | Victor Gabriel Ehrenberg August 22, 1851 |
Died | March 10, 1929 | (aged 77)
Occupation | Jurist |
Spouse(s) | Elise Marie A. Helene von Jhering (1852-1920) |
Children | |
Relatives | Victor Ehrenberg Ben Elton Geoffrey Elton Lewis Elton Olivia Newton-John |
Victor Gabriel Ehrenberg (August 22, 1851 - March 10, 1929) was a German jurist.
Biography[]
Ehrenberg was born in Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of Brunswick. He was the son of a Jewish couple, Philipp Samuel Ehrenberg and Julie Fischel, Principal of the Samson School in Wolfenbüttel. After gymnasium in Wolfenbüttel he studied legal science from 1862 until 1871 in Göttingen, Leipzig, Heidelberg and Freiburg.
He gave lectures at the Universities of Göttingen (1877-), Rostock (1882), again Göttingen (1888) and then Leipzig (1911–1922).
Ehrenberg married Elise Marie A. Helene von Jhering (1852-1920),[1] daughter of the legal historian Rudolf von Jhering (1828–1892). Ehrenberg died in Göttingen on March 10, 1929.
His son Rudolf Ehrenberg was professor for physiology and medicine at the University of Göttingen and his daughter Hedwig Martha Ehrenberg (1891–1972) married scientist Max Born.
Ehrenberg was also a great-grandfather of Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, an uncle of historian Victor Ehrenberg, a great-uncle of physicist and education researcher Lewis Elton and of historian Geoffrey Elton, and a great-great uncle of comedian and writer Ben Elton.[citation needed]
Works[]
- Versicherungsgeschicht, 1893
- Die deutsche Rechtsgeschichte und die juristische Bildung, 1894
References[]
- ^ Martin Luther Genealogy Browse -- J at www.members.tripod.com
External links[]
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- Works by or about Victor Ehrenberg at Internet Archive
- Moller at www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp (about his books)
- CGJS: Elton / Ehrenberg at www.sussex.ac.uk (about pedigree, historian V. Ehrenberg, etc.)
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- 1851 births
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- People from Wolfenbüttel
- People from the Duchy of Brunswick
- 19th-century German Jews
- Jurists from Lower Saxony
- University of Rostock faculty
- University of Göttingen faculty
- Leipzig University faculty
- 19th-century German lawyers
- German law biography stubs
- Ehrenberg family