Christian Jakob Kraus

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Western Philosophy
18th-century philosophy
Christian Jakob Kraus
Name
Christian Jakob Kraus
Birth 27 July 1753(1753-07-27)
Ostróda, East Prussia
Death 25 August 1807 (aged 54)
Königsberg,
East Prussia
School/tradition Classical economics
Main interests Economics
Linguistics
Influenced by Immanuel Kant,
Johann Georg Hamann,
Adam Smith
Influenced Wilhelm von Humboldt

Christian Jakob Kraus (27 July 175325 August 1807) was a German comparative and historical linguist from Osterode, East Prussia. He was famous for importing the ideas of Adam Smith into the German academic scene.