Education
A native of Osterode, East Prussia, Kraus studied at the universities of Königsberg and Göttingen.
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Christian Kraus
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Career
In 1782 he became a professor of practical philosophy and cameralism in Königsberg. A student of Immanuel Kant, Kraus was famous for importing the ideas of Adam Smith into the German academic scene. He was also a librarian of the Königsberg Public Library from 1786 to 1804.
Kraus encouraged the East Prussian officials and nobility to improve rural conditions in the province.
Some of his ideas were later adapted in the era of Prussian reforms. Kraus died in Königsberg in 1807.
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Germany