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Friedrich Ehrenreich Behmer

Biography


Birth: Jan 10, 1721 in Berlin
Death: ca. Apr 26, 1777 in St. Petersburg

German jurist and sometime conseiller de guerre (member of the Prussian War-Council). In 1772 he became vice-president of the Justitzkollegium in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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 a part of their family. Boswell described him as "a big, gallant Allemand".

Recommended literature

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


Mentioned in

Friedrich Ehrenreich Behmer is mentioned in:

  • Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764

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