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Lorentz Lange
Lorentz Lange (23 December 1783 – 8 March 1860) was a Norwegian judge and politician. He was born in Vang, Hedmark. He was appointed by the government as the first Professor of Law at the University of Oslo in 1816, where he served until 1825. From 1825 to 1858 he served as Supreme Court of Norway, Supreme Court Assessor (law), Assessor. He was elected to the first session of the Parliament of Norway in 1814, representing the constituency Kristiansand, Christiansand. He was re-elected in 1815. In 1833 he was re-elected for a third term, representing the constituency of Akershus, Akershus Amt. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenz Lange
Lorenz or Lorents Lange (russian: Лоренц (Лаврентий) Ланг; c. 1690 – 1752) was an official in 18th-century Siberia who dealt with Russo-Chinese trade and diplomacy. His reports were a major influence on Russian policy and an important early source of European knowledge of Siberia, Mongolia and China. He is usually said to have been a cornet in the Swedish cavalry who was taken prisoner at the Battle of Poltava in 1709.Foust, page 26, thinks that the evidence for this is inadequate and that he may have been a Swede, Dane or German who took service in Russia in some other way. He also claims that Lange was the adopted son of Robert Karlovich Areskin, personal physician to Peter the Great, that is, Robert Erskine, sixth son of Sir Charles Erskine, one of the Erskine Baronets of Alva At this time Russo-Chinese trade and diplomacy went through the western border to “Manchuria” since Mongolia was not fully under Chinese control. When the Manchus gained c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |