Johan Frederik (Friderich) Wilhelm Schlegel (4 October 1765 - 19 July 1836) was a Danish jurist. He was an extraordinary professor at the

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from 1789 and ordinary professor from 1800.

Early life and education

Schlegel was born in

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, the son of Johan Heinrich Schlegel (1726–80) og Augusta A. v. Jessen (1747–1821). In 1786, he obtained a travel grant from Fonden ad usus publicos and spent several years at German universities. In 1787, he received a distinction (''accessit '') at the

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for the dissertation ''De eo, quod justum est circa emigrationem civium''. He then spent a few months in England.

Career

In 1788, Schlegel returned to compete for a vacant professorial chair. It went to C. M. T. Cold but Schlegel was next spring employed as adjunct at the Department of Law. Later that same year he was appointed as an extraordinary professor and in 1800 and ordinary professor.

Personal life

Schlegel married Marie Elisabeth Hellfried (1773-1851(, a daughter of County Governor Johan Carl Frederik Hellfried (1739–1810) and Frederikke Vilhelmine v. Jessen (1749–1817), on 17 May 1793 in St. Nicolas' Church in Copenhagen. In 1703, Schlegel acquired the country house Sindshvile in

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. He purchased the estate Falkensteen at

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in 1811 but already next year ceded it to Ludvig Manthey in exchange for

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gaard in

north of Copenhagen. He died at Søllerødgaard on 19 July 1836 and is buried in Søllerød Cemetery.

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University of Copenhagen alumni Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen 1765 births 1836 deaths {{Denmark-law-bio-stub