| Christian Jakob Kraus | |
|---|---|
 Christian Jakob Kraus | |
| Born | (1753-07-27)27 July 1753 Osterode, Prussia |
| Died | 25 August 1807(1807-08-25) (aged 54) Königsberg, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Cameralism |
| Main interests | Economics Linguistics |
Christian Jakob Kraus (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈjaːkɔp ˈkʁaʊs]; 27 July 1753 – 25 August 1807) was a German comparative and historical linguist.
Biography
A native of Osterode (East Prussia), Kraus studied at the universities of Königsberg and Göttingen. In 1782 he became a professor of practical philosophy and cameralism in Königsberg. A student of Immanuel Kant, Kraus was famous for importing the ideas of Adam Smith into the German academic scene. He was also a librarian of the Königsberg Public Library from 1786 to 1804. Kraus encouraged the East Prussian officials and nobility to improve rural conditions in the province; some of his ideas were later adapted in the era of Prussian reforms. Kraus died in Königsberg in 1807.
Notes
- Garrett Green, Theology, Hermeneutics, and Imagination: The Crisis of Interpretation at the End of Modernity, Cambridge University Press, 2000, p. 53.
- Jürgen Georg Backhaus (ed.), The University According to Humboldt: History, Policy, and Future Possibilities, Springer, 2015, p. 58.
- "Christian - Französisch-Übersetzung - Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "Jakob - Französisch-Übersetzung - Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- Gray, Marion W. (1986). Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. p. 32. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
References
- Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
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