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Albert Teichmann
1844–1912
A German legal scholar and university teacher, he spent much of his career at the University of Basel and also wrote about the university’s history. His work connected public law, legal comparison, and academic life in late 19th-century Central Europe.
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About the author
Born in Breslau on October 13, 1844, Albert Fedor Reinhard Teichmann was a German jurist and professor whose career became closely tied to Basel. Reference sources identify him as a legal scholar and university teacher, and the University of Basel records note that he earned his doctorate in Berlin in 1867.
He joined the University of Basel as an associate professor in 1872 and later served as professor of public law there from 1877 until 1905–06. Basel’s university history pages also record that he was rector in 1884, showing that he held an important place in the institution’s academic life.
Teichmann died in Basel on December 29, 1912. Besides his legal work, he is remembered as the author of a history of the University of Basel covering the fifty years after its 1835 reorganization, which makes him of interest not only as a jurist but also as a chronicler of the university world he served.