Johann Heinrich Bartels

Johann Heinrich Bartels
Portrait of Johann Heinrich Bartels
Born20 May 1761
Died1 February 1850 (1850-03) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)Lawyer
Writer
Senator & Mayor of Hamburg
SpouseMaria Elisabeth von Reck (1768–1852)
Children2s, 2d
Parent(s)Claes Bartels (1728–1806)
Katharina Maria Seelandt (1739–73)

Johann Heinrich Bartels (20 May 1761 – 1 February 1850) was a scholar from Hamburg who became a city senator in 1798. He played a leading role in civic administration during the difficult years of French occupation (1806-1814).[1] In 1820 he was elected Mayor of the city, a position which he occupied for a remarkable three decades.[2]

  1. ^ Otto Beneke (1875). "Bartels, Joh. Heinrich". Bartels: Joh. Heinrich B., Dr. der Rechte und Bürgermeister der freien Hansestadt Hamburg, geb... Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Vol. 2. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, & Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, München. pp. 86–87. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ^ Markus Bernauer (2006). Von Griechen, Wilden und Naturkatastrophen. Johann Heinrich Bartels revidiert die Tradition der Süditalien-Literatur. Publications de l'Université de Saint-Étienne. pp. 17–29. ISBN 2-86272-430-0. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)