EICHHORN

eichhorn, karl friedrich (1781-1854), german jurist, son of the preceding, was born at jena on the 20th of november 1781. he entered the university of gottingen in 1797. in 1805 he obtained the professorship of law at frankfort-on-oder, holding it till 1811, when he accepted the same chair at berlin. on the call to arms in 1813 he became a captain of horse, and received at the end of the war the decoration of the iron cross. in 1817 he was offered the chair of law at gottingen, and, preferring it to the berlin professorship, taught there with great success till ill-health compelled him to resign in 1828. his successor in the berlin chair having died in 1832, he again entered on its duties, but resigned two years afterwards. in 1832 he also received an appointment in the ministry of foreign affairs, which, with his labours on many state committees and his legal researches and writings, occupied him till his death at cologne on the 4th of july 1854. eichhorn is regarded as one of the principal authorities on german constitutional law. his chief work is _deutsche staats- und rechtsgeschichte_ (gottingen, 1808-1823, 5th ed. 1843-1844). in company with savigny and j.f.l. goschen he founded the _zeitschrift fur geschichtliche rechtswissenschaft_. he was the author besides of _einleitung in das deutsche privatrecht mit einschluss des lehnrechts_ (gott., 1823) and the _grundsatze des kirchenrechts der katholischen und der evangelischen religionspartei in deutschland_, 2 bde. (ib., 1831-1833). see schulte, _karl friedrich eichhorn, sein leben und wirken_ (1884).