Johann Wilhelm Krause (19 June 1757 – 22 August 1828) was a

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

architect. His most notable work was the designing of main building of Tartu University. He was born in Dittmannsdorf, Germany. Before 1787 he was in the military service of England. In 1787 he came to

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

and started to work as a home teacher. In 1803 he was chosen to the professor at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. During the Tartu period he designed several buildings in Tartu. He died in Tartu.

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* 1803-1809 main building of Tartu University * Old Anatomical Theatre (1803–1805 its central part, and 1825–1827 its wings) * 1804-1807 restructuring of the ruins of Tartu Cathedral into the Tartu University Library.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Krause, Johann Wilhelm 1757 births 1828 deaths Baltic-German people University of Tartu faculty German architects People from Wałbrzych County

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