Karl Gustav Homeyer
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Karl Gustav Homeyer (13 August 1795 – 20 October 1874) was a German jurist who worked at the University of Berlin. his principal works include Sachsenspiegal and Dies Haus - und Hofmarken.
Biography
He was born at Wolgast, a small town in
Work
His principal works are his edition of the Sachsenspiegel (in 3 vols., 1827, 3rd ed., 1861, containing also some other important sources of Saxon or Low German law), which is still unsurpassed in accuracy and sagacity of research, and his book on Die Haus- und Hofmarken (1870), in which he has given a history of the use of trademarks among all the Teutonic nations of Europe, and which is full of important elucidations of the history of law and also contains valuable contributions to the history of art and civilization.[1]
In 1850 Homeyer was elected a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, in the Transactions of which he published various papers exhibiting profound learning:
- "Über die Heimat," 1852
- "Genealogie der Handschriften des Sachsenspiegels," 1859
- "Die Stadtbücher des Mittelalters," 1860
- "Der Dreissigste," 1864.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Homeyer, Karl Gustav". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 641. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Baynes, T. S.; Smith, W. R., eds. (1881). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. .