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Achenwall, Gottfried, 1719-1772

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Personal name headingAchenwall, Gottfried, 1719-1772
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Variant(s)Achenwall, Gottfr., 1719-1772
Akhenvallʹ, Gottfrid, 1719-1772
Achenwallus, Godofredus, 1719-1772
Achenwallus, Gothfriedus, 1719-1772
Achenwall, Gothofredus, 1719-1772
Achenwall, Gottfriedus, 1719-1772
Birth date[1719-10-20,1719-11-20]
Death date[1772-05-01,1772-05-11]
Field of activityLaw Political science Natural law
Law teachers College teachers Philosophers
Found inHis Die Staatsklugheit nach ihren ersten Grundsätzen, 1779: t.p. (Gottfried Achenwall, königl. Grossbritannischen Churfürstl. Braunschw. Lüneb. Hofrath)
Allg. dt. Biog. (Achenwall, Gottfried; b. 10/20/1719; d. 5/11/1772)
LC data base, 5/8/90 (hdg.: Achenwall, Gottfried, 1719-1772)
His Ius naturae, 1781: t.p. (... Gottfr. Achenwall, consil. reg. aul. iuris nat. et gent. atque politic. in Acad. Georgia Augusta prof. publ. ordin.)
Nachertanīe istorīi nyni︠e︡shnikh znatni︠e︡ĭshikh evropeĭskikh gosudarstv, 1779: t.p. (Gottfridom Akhenvallom)
Natural law, 2020: p. xvi (Gottfried Achenwall; b. Nov. 20, 1719 in Elbing, West Prussia; d. May 1, 1772; most of his academic career was at Göttingen; taught history, jusriprudence, philosophy, natural law and politics; doctorate in law and politics; in his lifetime and for some time thereafter, he was best known for his work in "statistics," which made little use of numbers and tables but consisted of extensive descriptions of different countries, their lands and people, forms of government and administration, land and sea power, and resources and needs; appointed as councilor (Rat) to the royal court of Great Britain and the electoral court of Braunschweig-Lünebert in 1765)
DNB via VIAF, Oct. 12, 2020: (hdg.: Achenwall, Gottfried 1719-1772; variants: Achenwall, Gottfr.; 1719-1772; Achenwallus, Godofredus, 1719-1772; Achenwallus, Gottfriedus, 1719-1772; Achenwall, Gothofredus, 1719-1772; Achenwall, Gottfriedus, 1719-1772)