August Friedrich Wilhelm Forchhammer was a jurist and historian from the Duchy of Schleswig.
Background
He was born in Husum.
Career
He studied jurisprudence in Kiel, and worked here as an attorney from 1823 to 1848. From 1848 to 1862 he served as Obersachwalter. He received an honorary degree in jurisprudence at the University of Kiel in 1869, but died in February 1870.