Region Western Philosophy Influenced Wilhelm von Humboldt | Name Christian Kraus Role Philosopher | |
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Died August 25, 1807, Konigsberg Similar People Immanuel Kant, Johann Georg Hamann, Adam Smith, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | ||
Schools of thought Classical economics Main interests EconomicsLinguistics Education University of Konigsberg | ||
Christian Jakob Kraus (27 July 1753 – 25 August 1807) was a German comparative and historical linguist.
Biography
A native of Osterode (later belonging to East Prussia), Kraus studied at the universities of Königsberg and Göttingen. In 1782 he became a professor of practical philosophy and cameralism in Königsberg. A student of Immanuel Kant, Kraus was famous for importing the ideas of Adam Smith into the German academic scene. He was also a librarian of the Königsberg Public Library from 1786 to 1804. Kraus encouraged the East Prussian officials and nobility to improve rural conditions in the province; some of his ideas were later adapted in the era of Prussian reforms. Kraus died in Königsberg in 1807.
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