Cocceji

Cocceji, HEINRICH FREIHERR VON, born at Bremen, March 25, 1644, studied jurisprudence and philosophy in Leyden from 1667 to 1670, and went from thence to England. In 1672 he was made professor of Law at Heidelberg; in 1689, at Utrecht; and in 1690, at Frankfort-on-the-Oder. In 1713 the emperor named him a baron of the realm. Cocceji died in 1719. His work on civil law (Juris Publici Prudentia, 1695) was long used as a text-book.—His youngest son, SAMUEL, born at Heidelberg in 1679, acquired no less renown. He too, in 1703, became professor at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, filled several honourable state-offices, and was ultimately the chancellor of Frederick the Great. He died in 1755. He reformed the Prussian administration of justice, and published several works on law.