Christian Jakob Kraus
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Western Philosophy 18th-century philosophy |
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Christian Jakob Kraus
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Christian Jakob Kraus
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Birth | 27 July 1753 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 1753 – 25 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.