Victor Ehrenberg (jurist)

Victor Ehrenberg
Ehrenberg in 1926
Born	Victor Gabriel Ehrenberg (1851-08-22)August 22, 1851 Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of Brunswick
Died	Göttingen, Germany
Occupation	Jurist
Spouse(s)	Elise Marie A. Helene von Jhering (1852-1920)
Children	Hedwig Martha Ehrenberg
Relatives	Victor Ehrenberg Ben Elton Geoffrey Elton Lewis Elton

Victor Gabriel Ehrenberg (August 22, 1851 - March 10, 1929) was a German jurist.

Ehrenberg was born in Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of Brunswick. He is the uncle of historian Victor Ehrenberg, Geoffrey and Lewis Elton's great uncle and great-great uncle to Ben Elton.

He gave lectures at Universities of Göttingen (1877-), Rostock (1882), again Göttingen (1888), Leipzig (1911–1922).

He married Elise Marie A. Helene (née von Jhering; 1852-1920), daughter of the legal historian Rudolf von Jhering (1828–1892).

Their daughter Hedwig Martha Ehrenberg (1891–1972) married scientist Max Born.

Their son Rudolf Ehrenberg was professor for physiology and medicine at the University of Göttingen.

Ehrenberg was also the great-grandfather of Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John.

He died in Göttingen.

Works

• Versicherungsgeschicht, 1893
• Die deutsche Rechtsgeschichte und die juristische Bildung, 1894

External links

• Moller at www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp (about his books)
• CGJS: Elton / Ehrenberg at www.sussex.ac.uk (about pedigree, histrorian V. Ehrenberg, etc.)
• pdf (German)
• pdf (German)