Christian Friedrich von Glück (1 July 1755 – 20 January 1831) was a German

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. Born at Halle in the

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on 1 July 1755, he studied from 1770 to 1776 at the

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and on the 16 April 1777 he received a

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for his dissertation . After seven years as a ''

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'' in 1784 he decided to go to

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and became a professor of law at the Friedrich-Alexander-University. In 1785 he married Wilhelmine Elisabeth Geiger. From the marriage he had two sons, Christian Karl von Glück (1791–1867) and Christian Wilhelm von Glück (1810–1866), and a daughter. Christian Friedrich von Glück died on 20 January 1831 in Erlangen.

Works

Among his writings must be especially mentioned (Erlangen 1790–1830, 34 volumes).

Bibliography

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References

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