Otto Mejer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Mejer

German jurist and librarian

Date of Birth: 27-May-1818

Place of Birth: Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1893

Profession: librarian, jurist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.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, then the highest ranking office of the church.