Werner von Melle was a mayor and senator of Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, as well as a jurist. Von Melle, who held multiple doctorates, also served on the first board of trustees for the Hamburg Scientific Foundation.

Family

Von Melle was the son of Emil von Melle, a merchant who later became a senator of Hamburg and eventually sat in the senate of the North German Confederation

North German Confederation

The North German Confederation 1866–71, was a federation of 22 independent states of northern Germany. It was formed by a constitution accepted by the member states in 1867 and controlled military and foreign policy. It included the new Reichstag, a parliament elected by universal manhood...

. Von Melle's mother, Mary Geffcken, whom his father married in 1850, was the daughter of Senator Henry Geffcken. After marrying Emmy Kaemmerer, the daughter of Georg Heinrich Kaemmerer, a businessman and member of parliament, in 1880, von Melle fathered three daughters.

Awards

• 1917 Honorary Doctor of Theology Faculty of the University of Göttingen
• 1921 Rector magnificus honoris causa of the University of Hamburg
• 1928 Honorary Doctor of Political Sciences, University of Hamburg

Works

• Die Entwicklung des öffentlichen Armenwesen in Hamburg, Hamburg 1883.
• Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer. Ein Lebens- und Zeitbild, Hamburg 1888.
• Das Hamburgische Staatsrecht, Hamburg 1891.
• Dreißig Jahre Hamburger Wissenschaft, 1891–1921. Rückblicke und persönliche Erinnerungen, 2 Bände, Hamburg 1923.
• Jugenderinnerungen, Hamburg 1928.