Ernst Levy (23 December 1881 – 14 September 1968) was a German American legal scholar and historian of law. He was a Professor of Roman Law at the Goethe University Frankfurt (1919–1928) and the University of Heidelberg (1928–1935).[1] Being Jewish, he was forced to retire in 1935, and decided to emigrate from Nazi Germany to the United States. At the University of Washington, he was a Professor of Law and History from 1937 to 1952.[2]
Ernst Levy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 December 1881 |
| Died | 14 September 1968 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | German American |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Spouse |
Zerline Wolff (m. 1909) |
| Children | Wolfgang (1910 - 2001), Brigitte (1912–1981) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History of law |
| Doctoral advisor | Emil Seckel |
Born in Berlin, Levy studied law at the University of Freiburg and the Humboldt University of Berlin, earning his doctorate under Emil Seckel in 1906.[3] He briefly worked at the Amtsgericht in Oranienburg, and served in World War I, before earning a professorship in Frankfurt. Due to the Nuremberg Laws he had to retire in 1935, and then moved to the United States.
References edit
- ^ Simon, Dieter (1989). "Ernst Levy". In Diestelkamp, Bernhard; Stolleis, Michael (eds.). Juristen an der Universität Frankfurt am Main (in German). Baden-Baden: Nomos. pp. 94ff. ISBN 3789018325.
- ^ Stiefel, Ernst C.; Mecklenburg, Frank (1991). Deutsche Juristen im amerikanischen Exil (1933–1950) (in German). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. pp. 51–52. ISBN 3161456882.
- ^ Epstein, Catherine (1993). A Past Renewed: A Catalog of German-Speaking Refugee Historians in the United States After 1933. Cambridge University Press. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0521440637.
Further reading edit
- Dietrich V. Simon (1985), "Levy, Ernst", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 14, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 403–404; (full text online)
- Robert L. Taylor (1952). "Dr. Ernst Levy", Washington Law Review, 27:3, pp. 173–175 (full text online at https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2899&context=wlr)
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