Levin Goldschmidt

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.