Christian Jakob Kraus

Christian Jakob Kraus
Christian Jakob Kraus
Born	27 July 1753 Osterode, East Prussia
Died	25 August 1807 (aged 54) Königsberg, East Prussia
Era	18th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Classical economics
Main interests	Economics Linguistics
Influences Immanuel Kant, Johann Georg Hamann, Adam Smith
Influenced Wilhelm von Humboldt

Christian Jakob Kraus (27 July 1753 – 25 August 1807) was a German comparative and historical linguist.

A native of Osterode, 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.^[1]

References

• Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.

Notes

1. Gray, Marion W. (1986). Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. p. 32. Retrieved 8 February 2014.