Otto Mejer

Otto Karl Alexander Mejer (27 May 1818, Zellerfeld 24 December 1893, Hanover) was a German canon law specialist and church historian.

He studied law at the universities of Göttingen, Berlin and Jena, receiving his doctorate at Göttingen in 1841. While a student in Berlin, he was deeply influenced by the teachings of Friedrich Carl von Savigny. Not long after graduation, he became a lecturer at Göttingen, and in 1845/46 took an extended study trip to Rome.[1]

In 1847 he became a full professor of law at the University of Königsberg, which was followed by professorships at Greifswald (1850) and Rostock (1851). In 1874 he returned as a professor to Göttingen, where he taught classes until his retirement in 1883. From 1885 to 1893 he was president of the State Consistory at the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover.[1]

Principal works

He was also the author of 14 articles in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mejer, Otto Deutsche Biographie
  2. Otto Mejer at de.Wikisource
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