Christian Jakob Kraus

Christian Jakob Kraus
Christian Jakob Kraus
	Christian Jakob Kraus
Born	27 July 1753; Osterode, Prussia
Died	25 August 1807 (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];^[3]^[4] 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.^[5]

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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[1] Garrett Green, Theology, Hermeneutics, and Imagination: The Crisis of Interpretation at the End of Modernity, Cambridge University Press, 2000, p. 53.

[2] Jürgen Georg Backhaus (ed.), The University According to Humboldt: History, Policy, and Future Possibilities, Springer, 2015, p. 58.

[3] "Christian - Französisch-Übersetzung - Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[4] "Jakob - Französisch-Übersetzung - Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[5] Gray, Marion W. (1986). Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. p. 32. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

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