Heinrich Dernburg
Heinrich Dernburg (3 March 1829 – 25 November 1907) was a German jurist, professor, and politician. Born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse, he was the brother of and the maternal grandfather of the historian Heinrich Sproemberg.

Of Jewish origin, Dernburg was baptized as a Christian together with his family in 1841. He was educated at the gymnasium of Mainz and the universities of Gießen and Berlin, graduating from the latter in 1851. In the same year he became Privat-docent of the juridical faculty of the University of Heidelberg. In 1852 he was called to Zürich as assistant professor, and was appointed professor in 1855. In 1862 he accepted a similar position in the University of Halle, which he represented in the Prussian House of Lords from 1866 to 1873, when he became professor of Roman and Prussian law in the University of Berlin. He reentered the "Herrenhaus" in 1873. With Brinckmann and others he founded in 1851 the "Kritische Zeitschrift für die Gesammte Rechtswissenschaft".

Dernburg was one of the leading experts for Prussian civil law as codified in the ALR. His work sought to keep a balance between "mercantile interests" and "social utopias". Unlike other Pandect scholars of his time, Dernburg was never accused of advocating a doctrinary and reactionary form of legal positivism.
Q43287
German
Concept
Q185351
jurist
Concept
Q121594
professor
Concept
Q82955
politician
Concept
Q1720
Mainz
LOC
Q20135
Grand Duchy of Hesse
LOC
Q1598920
Heinrich Sproemberg
PER
Q9268
Jew
Concept
Q35856
baptized
Concept
Q106039
Christian
Concept
Q55043
gymnasium
Concept
Q3874
Gießen
LOC
Q64
Berlin
LOC
Q1402736
Privat-docent
Concept
Q151510
University of Heidelberg
LOC
Q72
Zürich
LOC
Q5669847
assistant professor
Concept
Q121594
professor
Concept
Q32120
University of Halle
ORG
Q658078
Prussian House of Lords
MEDIA
Q162314
Roman
Concept
Q152087
University of Berlin
ORG
Q647943
ALR
Concept
Q644971
legal positivism
Concept
Q71208
Heinrich Dernburg
PER
1829-03-03T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
3 March 1829
DATE
1907-11-25T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
25 November 1907
DATE
1841-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1841
DATE
1851-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1851
DATE
1852-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1852
DATE
1855-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1855
DATE
1862-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1862
DATE
1866-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1866
DATE
1873-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1873
DATE
1873-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1873
DATE
1851-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1851
DATE
country of citizenship
occupation
occupation
date of birth
date of death
place of birth
employer
employer
field of work
employer