Biography

Friedrich Ehrenreich Behmer. (1721-ca. 1777)

German jurist and sometime conseiller de guerre (member of the Prussian War-Council).

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell went with the Kircheisens to a party at Behmer's on July 17, 1764. Behmer was the uncle of Mlle. Schartow, a girl who was raised by the Kircheisens as part of their family. Boswell described him as "a big, gallant Allemand"

Literature:

In 1771, Behmer published Otia in otio minime otiosi, which is sometimes available via Abebooks. He published some other works as well..

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