Johannes Conrad

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Johannes Conrad, 1839-1915

German Historicist, professor at the University of Halle in Prussia.

Raised in Danzig (East Prussia) from Prussian landlord stock, Johannes Conrad was educated at Berlin and Jena, completing his doctoral thesis in 1864 and his habilitation in 1868, under Bruno Hildebrand (whose daughter Conrad would soon marry). Johannes Conrad became a Privatdozent at the University of Jena in 1868, raised to full professor in 1870. In 1872, Conrad succeeded Gustav Schmoller at the University of Halle (Schmoller had gone on to Strasbourg). Conrad would remain at Halle for the remainder of his career.

Part of the second generation of German Historic School, Johannes Conrad was a co-founder of the Verein fur Sozialpolitik in 1872 with Gustav Schmoller and Adolph Wagner. Conrad succeeded his father-in-law Bruno Hildebrand as editor of the Jährbucher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (JNS) in 1878, and the journal would frequently be referred to as "Conrads Jahrbuch". Conrad taught several American graduate students, that would go on to form a significant wave, e.g. Samuel Nelson Patten.

Johannes Conrad was also an editor of the Handwörterbuch der Staatswissenschaften, a monumental German dictionary of economics.

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Major Works of Johannes Conrad

Die Statistik der landwirthschaftlichen Production, 1868 [bk, av]
Das Universitätsstudium in Deutschland während der letzten 50 Jahre, 1884 [bk] [English 1885 trans. The German universities for the last fifty years, , bk]
(Editor) Handwörterbuch der Staatswissenschaften, 1890-5

First edition (1890-95):
- 1890 v.1 (Abbau to Autorecht) [av1]
- 1891: v.2 (Babeuf-Dutot) [av2]
- 1892 v.3 (Edelmetal-Gewerkschaft) [av3]
- 1892 v.4 (Gwerekvereine-Muster & Modellschutz) [av4]
- 1893 v.5 (Nachdruk-Statik) [av5]
- 1894 v.6 (Statistik-Zwischenhandel) [av6]
- 1895 index (Sach-Register) [av]
- 1895 Supp. v.1 [av1]
- 1897 Supp. v.2 [av2]
Second edition (1898-1901):
- v.1 (1898) (Abbau to Armenwesen) [av1]
- v.2 (1899) (Arndt to Busching) [av2]
- v.3 (1900) (Cabet to Fulda) [av3]
- v.4 (1900) (Galiani to Justi) [av4]
- v.5 (1900) (Kaffeeschenken to Owen) [av5]
- v.6 (1901) (Paasche to Syndikat) [av6]
- v.7 (1901) (Tabak to Zwischenhandel) [av7]
Third edition (1908-1912):
- v.1
- v.2 (1909) (Armenwesen-Bimetallismus) [av2]
- v.3
- v.4.
- v.5
- v.6
- v.7
- v.8 - Supplement

Grundriss zum Studium der politischen Oekonomie, 1896-99

v.1

v.2

v.3

v.1 (1896) - Nationaloekonomie [1897 2nd ed, av1; 1898 repr], [1900 3rd ed. v.1] [1905 5th ed, v.1], [1907 6th ed, v.1]
v.2 (1897) - Volkswirtschaftspoliitik [1900 2nd ed, v.2] [1902 3rd ed, v.2], [1904 4th ed, v.2] ,[1908 5th ed, v.2], [1912 6th ed, av]
v.3 (1899) - Finanzwissenschaft [1900 2nd ed, v.3] [1912 6th ed, av]
v.4.1 (1900) - Statistik, v.1
v.4.2 (1904) - Statistik, v.2, Pt.1
v.4.2 (1914 ed) - Statistik, v.2, Pt.2 [av]
[1900 ed., v.1, v.2, v.3]

Leitfaden zum Studium der Nationaloekonomie, 1900, [1902 2nd ed]
Leitfaden zum Studium der Volkswirtschaftspolitik, 1901 [bk], [1905 ed]

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Resources on Johannes Conrad

"Revew of Conrads Handworterbuch", by Gustav von Schmoller, 1890, SchmJGVV, p.703
Festgabe für Johannes Conrad, zur Feier des 25 -jährigen Bestehens des Staatswissenschaftlichen Seminars zu Halle, edited by Hermann Paasche, 1898 [bk]
Conrad profile at University of Halle-Wittenberg
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