Name

Andreas Cludius

Original name

Main activity

Jurist

Secondary activity

Title

Name variations

Cluten, Kluten"

Education place

Wittenberg and Helmstedt

Education institution

Activity place

Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Activity institution

Activity start date

Activity end date

1617

Place of birth

Osterode (Harz)

Date of birth

1555

Place of death

Osterode

Date of death

1624

Bibliographical references

Steffenhagen, "Cludius, Andreas" in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 4 (1876), S. 347-348 [Online-Version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116617446.html#adbcontent

Descriptive card

Andreas Cludius (Clute, Klute) (1555-1624) was a jurist. He severed several years as law professor at the University of Helmstedt and later served the as council and judge in the Duchy. He 1617 he retired and spent his final years in his native town of Osterode in the Harz mountains. A Qur'an ms. in his private library is held today at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel.

Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov