Levin Goldschmidt, born 30 May 1829 in Danzig, Prussia, and who died 16 July 1897 in Bad Wilhelmshohe, Hesse-Nassau, was a German jurist of Jewish heritage who studied at the Universities of Berlin, Bonn and Heidelberg between 1847 and 1851 and earned his doctorate from the University of Halle in 1851. He practiced in Danzig before becoming a privatdozent at Heidelberg in 1855, an associate professor in 1860 and a full professor in 1866, then served as a judge at the Bundesgericht in Leipzig, became professor of commercial law at Berlin University in 1875, and represented Leipzig in the German Parliament from 1875 to 1877. He founded the journal Zeitschrift fur das Gesamte Handelsrecht in 1858 and his 1864 to 1868 Handbuch des Handelsrechts secured his reputation as the leading historical scholar of German commercial law; he also advised Max Weber's doctoral dissertation.
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RoleJurist, judge and academic 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
Field of LawCommercial and Business Law 1 Role
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What work made Levin Goldschmidt famous?
Das Handbuch des Handelsrechts (1864 to 1868), a history of commercial law that he left unfinished.
Levin Goldschmidt is best known for Das Handbuch des Handelsrechts, published in Erlangen from 1864 to 1868. It was the great work that occupied him for the rest of his life, though he did not live to complete it. It is the work with which his fame as a historical jurist is identified, and it is recognized as a masterly presentation of the general history of commercial law.
Was Levin Goldschmidt connected to Max Weber?
He was Max Weber doctoral adviser in the late 1880s.
Yes. In the late 1880s Goldschmidt was the doctoral adviser to Max Weber, who was awarded his doctoral degree in 1889. Weber later published his expanded dissertation as Zur Geschichte der Handelsgesellschaften im Mittelalter.
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He was a Judge at the Reichsoberhandelsgericht and a professor at the University of Berlin.
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Levin Goldschmidt, born 30 May 1829 in Danzig, Prussia, and who died 16 July 1897 in Bad Wilhelmshohe, Hesse-Nassau, was a German jurist of Jewish heritage who studied at the Universities of Berlin, Bonn and Heidelberg between 1847 and 1851 and earned his doctorate from the University of Halle in 1851.
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Levin Goldschmidt (30 May 1829 - 16 July 1897) was a German jurist, judge and academic.
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He practiced in Danzig before becoming a privatdozent at Heidelberg in 1855, an associate professor in 1860 and a full professor in 1866, then served as a judge at the Bundesgericht in Leipzig, became professor of commercial law at Berlin University in 1875, and represented Leipzig in the German Parliament from 1875 to 1877.
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Wikidata Q71335, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1829
Wikidata Q71335, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1829-05-30
Wikidata Q71335, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1897
Wikidata Q71335, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1897-07-16
Wikidata Q71335, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Gdańsk
Wikidata Q71335, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Bad Wilhelmshöhe
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