Christian Jakob Kraus

Christian Jakob Kraus

Christian Jakob Kraus
Full name Christian Jakob Kraus
Born 27 July 1753(1753-07-27)
Osterode, East Prussia
Died 25 August 1807(1807-08-25) (aged 54)
Königsberg, East Prussia
Era 18th-century philosophy
Region Western Philosophy
School Classical economics
Main interests Economics
Linguistics

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.