Benedikt Carpzov the elder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benedikt Carpzov the elder

human (1565-1624)

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1565

Place of Birth: Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1624

Profession: jurist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Benedikt Carpzov (Brandenburg, 22 October 1565 – 1624) was a German legal scholar.
After studying at Frankfort and Wittenberg, and visiting other German universities, he was made doctor of law at Wittenberg in 1590.
He was admitted to the faculty of law in 1592, appointed professor of institutions in 1599, and promoted to the chair Digesti infortiati et novi in 1601.
In 1602 he was summoned by Sophia, widow of the elector Christian I.
of Saxony, to her court at Colditz, as chancellor, and was at the same time appointed councillor of the court of appeal at Dresden.
After the death of the electress in 1623 he returned to Wittenberg, and died there on 26 November 1624, leaving five sons.
He published a collection of writings entitled Disputationes juridicae.
Benedikt Carpzov Jr.
(1595–1666), second of the name, was the second son of the preceding, and like him was a great lawyer.