Friedrich Georg von Bunge
Photo: August Weger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons13

Friedrich Georg von Bunge

Baltic German legal historian

Friedrich Georg von Bunge (13 March 1802, Kiev – 9 April 1897, Wiesbaden) was a Baltic German legal historian. He was the older brother of botanist Alexander Bunge (1803-1890).2

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Born Mar 13, 1802, died Apr 9, 1897.1

About

From 1819 he studied jurisprudence at the Imperial University of Dorpat, where he attained his habilitation as a lecturer in 1823. In 1831 he became an associate professor of jurisprudence. In 1842 he relocated to Reval, where he served as Syndikus, then moving to St. Petersburg, where from 1856 to 1865, he worked as a senior official in the second division of the Registry to the Emperor. Afterwards he lived and worked in Gotha (from 1865) and Wiesbaden (from 1878).

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedImperial University of Dorpat3

Career

Occupation: legal scholar, historian, mayor, professor, university teacher, jurist.6

Personal life

  • BornMar 13, 1802, Kyiv7
  • DiedApr 9, 1897, Wiesbaden8
  • CitizenshipRussian Empire, Germany9
  • SpouseWilhelmine von Bunge10

Awards

  • 1865honorary citizen of Tallinn11