Eduard Böcking
Encyclopedia
Eduard Böcking was a German
legal scholar. He is best known for his editions of, and commentaries on, the legal works of classical antiquity
.
in Kaiserslautern
from 1816 to 1818. He then studied at the universities of Heidelberg
, Bonn
, Berlin
, and Göttingen
, and graduated in 1826 with the thesis De mancipii causis at the University of Berlin. In spring 1829 he was appointed extraordinary professor, and moved in the fall to the University of Bonn
, where in 1835 he became regular Professor of Law. He died in Bonn in 1870.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
legal scholar. He is best known for his editions of, and commentaries on, the legal works of classical antiquity
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world...
.
Life
Böcking was born in Trarbach an der Mosel, and attended the gymnasiumGymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
in Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...
from 1816 to 1818. He then studied at the universities of Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, and Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
, and graduated in 1826 with the thesis De mancipii causis at the University of Berlin. In spring 1829 he was appointed extraordinary professor, and moved in the fall to the University of Bonn
University of Bonn
The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
, where in 1835 he became regular Professor of Law. He died in Bonn in 1870.
Works
- Translation of and commentary on the Mosella of AusoniusAusoniusDecimius Magnus Ausonius was a Latin poet and rhetorician, born at Burdigala .-Biography:Decimius Magnus Ausonius was born in Bordeaux in ca. 310. His father was a noted physician of Greek ancestry and his mother was descended on both sides from long-established aristocratic Gallo-Roman families...
(1828) - Corpus legum sive BrachylogusBrachylogusBrachylogus , is a title applied in the middle of the 16th century to a work containing a systematic exposition of the Roman law...
(1829) - Commentary (with Clemens August Carl Klenze) on the Institutiones of GaiusGaius (jurist)Gaius was a celebrated Roman jurist. Scholars know very little of his personal life. It is impossible to discover even his full name, Gaius or Caius being merely his personal name...
and Justinian (1829) - Commentary on the Fragmenta of UlpianUlpianGnaeus Domitius Annius Ulpianus , anglicized as Ulpian, was a Roman jurist of Tyrian ancestry.-Biography:The exact time and place of his birth are unknown, but the period of his literary activity was between AD 211 and 222...
(1831) - Commentary on the Interpretamenta of DositheusDositheusDositheos or Dositheus may refer to:*Dositheos , Gnostic*Dositheus Magister, Roman grammarian and jurist*Dositheus of Pelusium , Greek mathematician, probably Hebrew-born, active in Alexandria, best known for his correspondence with Archimedes*Dositheus of Gaza , Egyptian monk*Dositheos , i.e...
(1832) - Commentary on the Institutiones of Gaius (1837)
- Critical edition of the Notitia DignitatumNotitia DignitatumThe Notitia Dignitatum is a unique document of the Roman imperial chanceries. One of the very few surviving documents of Roman government, it details the administrative organisation of the eastern and western empires, listing several thousand offices from the imperial court down to the provincial...
(1839–50, 5 volumes; index 1853) - Edition of the Moselle RiverMoselle RiverThe Moselle is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg, and Germany. It is a left tributary of the Rhine, joining the Rhine at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is also drained by the Mosel through the Our....
poems of Venantius FortunatusVenantius FortunatusVenantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus was a Latin poet and hymnodist in the Merovingian Court, and a Bishop of the early Catholic Church. He was never canonised but was venerated as Saint Venantius Fortunatus during the Middle Ages.-Life:Venantius Fortunatus was born between 530 and 540 A.D....
(1845) - Edition of the collected German, French, and Latin works of August Wilhelm Schlegel (1846–48, 16 volumes)
- Edition of the collected works of Ulrich von HuttenUlrich von HuttenUlrich von Hutten was a German scholar, poet and reformer. He was an outspoken critic of the Roman Catholic Church and a bridge between the humanists and the Lutheran Reformation...
, entitled Opera quae reperiri potuerunt omnia (1859–62, 5 volumes), with two supplements, Epistolae obscurorum virorum (1864–70), and a bibliographic index, Index bibliographicus Huttenianus (1858)