Johann Georg Weishaupt

German law professor (1717-1753)

Johann Georg Weishaupt

Born| (1717-04-24)24 April 1717

Brilon, Westphalia, Prussia

Died| 20 September 1753(1753-09-20) (aged 36)

Heiligenthal near Würzburg, Bavaria

Nationality| Prussian, Bavarian
Occupation| Lawyer

Johann Georg Weishaupt (24 April 1717 – 20 September 1753) was a German professor of law at the University of Ingolstadt.

Weishaupt was born in Brilon in the Prussian government district of Arnsberg in Westphalia.[1] He studied law in the University of Würzburg under Johann Adam von Ickstatt (1702–1776). He received a doctorate in law in 1743 and began to teach at the university. His dissertation was on Dissertatio Juris Publici Universalis De Summo Imperio Atque Inde Descendente Jure, Obligatione, & Potestate.[2]

Johann Adam von Ickstatt became a professor of law at the University of Ingolstadt in 1746. Weishaupt also moved from Würzburg to the University of Ingolstadt.[3] Ickstatt had him appointed professor of imperial institutions and criminal law by decree of 14 October 1746.[1] He held this position until his death. One of his pupils was the future historian Johann Georg von Lori, who wrote a doctorate in the University of Ingolstadt in 1748.[4]

Weishaupt died suddenly while on holiday on 20 September 1753 in Heiligenthal near Würzburg. Weishaupt's son, Adam Weishaupt, was born on 6 February 1748 in Ingolstadt, and was just five years old when his father died. Johann Adam von Ickstatt, also a professor of law at the University of Ingolstadt and Adam's godfather, took over Adam Weishaupt's upbringing.[1]

## References

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Citations

1. ^ a b c Engel 1906, p. 22.
2. ^ Weishaupt 1743.
3. ^ Klippel 2013.
4. ^ Lory 2009, p. 9.

Sources

* Engel, Leopold (1906). Geschichte des Illuminaten-Ordens. Berlin: H. Bermühler.
* Lory, Roland (5 December 2009). "Ein Staatsmann aus dem Pfaffenwinkel". Weilheimer Tagblatt, Wochenendausgabe.
* Klippel, Diethelm (2013). "Natural Law at the Universities of Altdorf, Bamberg, Erlangen, Ingolstadt/Landshut/München and Würzburg in the 18th and 19th centuries". Universität Bayreuth. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
* Weishaupt, Johann Georg (1743). Dissertatio Juris Publici Universalis De Summo Imperio Atque Inde Descendente Jure, Obligatione, & Potestate. Kleyer. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

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