Johan Frederik (Friderich) Wilhelm Schlegel (4 October 1765 - 19 July 1836) was a Danish jurist. He was an extraordinary professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1789 and ordinary professor from 1800.

Early life and education

Schlegel was born in Copenhagen, 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 University of Göttingen 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 Frederiksberg. He purchased the estate

Falkensteen Falkensteen is a manor house located five kilometres south of Slagelse, Denmark. The current Neoclassical main building was built for Georg Frederik Ditlev Koës in 1775. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1 ...

Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Kalundborg and 14 km ...

in 1811 but already next year ceded it to

Ludvig Manthey Johan Georg Ludvig Manthey (3 June 1769 - 18 January 1842) was a Danish pharmacist. He owned the Lion Pharmacy in Copenhagen from 1791 to 1805, managed Ørholm and Brede Works from 1805 to 1811 and served as director of the Royal Copenhagen Porc ...

in exchange for Søllerødgaard in Søllerød 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