Carl Theodor Welcker
German law professor, politician and journalist (1790-1869)
Carl Theodor Georg Philipp Welcker (29 March 1790 – 10 March 1869) was a German legal scholar, law professor, politician and journalist.
Career
Education and early career
Welcker studied at the universities of Giessen and Heidelberg, and obtained his Habilitation to qualify as a Privatdozent (lecturer) in 1813 at Giessen, where he became a professor in 1814. Still in 1814, he left his alma mater to being an appointment at Kiel, where along with his academic duties he edited the Kieler Blätter, which appeared for the first time in the middle of 1815. In 1817 he was appointed to Heidelberg, where he stayed until 1819, after which he was appointed at Bonn. Here his work was hindered because of an 1817 petition to the diet (German: Landesversammlung) he had signed, which had asked for a provincial constitution. This provoked an inquiry against him which was ultimately fruitless. He defended himself against collusion in demagogic activity with a complete disclosure.
University of Freiburg
After the case was complete, he was appointed by the Grand Duchy of Baden to the University of Freiburg, where he lectured on pandects and constitutional law. Welcker attracted a following among the students. He sought to develop their enthusiasm, while his colleagues contented themselves with exercising only the students' memories.
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