Wolfram Müller-Freienfels

Background

Müller-Freienfels, Wolfram was born on June 3, 1916 in Konstanz, Germany. Son of Richard and Käthe (Icke) Müller-F.

Education

Doctor of Laws, University Marburg, Germany, 1939. Doctor in Political Sciences, University Königsberg, Germany, 1941. Habilitation, University Königsberg, Germany, 1943.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Stockholm, 1960. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Basel, Switzerland, 1974.

Career

Junior qualified law court official, Germany, 1943-1945. General attorney, director of the banking house Gebr. Bethmann, Frankfurt, Germany, 1945.

Professor law University Giessen, Germany, 1946, University Marburg, Germany, 1946-1955, University Frankfurt, Germany, 1955-1963, University Freiburg, Germany, 1963-1984, professor emeritus Germany, 1984, director Institute Comparative Law Germany, since 1963. Director Institute Comparative Law, Marburg, 1946-1955, Frankfurt, 1955-1963. Visiting professor London (England) School of Economics, 1951-1952.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Agency in Private Law, 1955, Marriage and Law, 1962, Family Law at Home and Abroad, 1978, Volume 2, 1986, Volume 3, 1994, Agency Laws in Singularity and Plurality, 1982.

Membership

Member Federal of the Ministery of Justice Marriage Law Commission, Bonn., 1968-1972. German delegate 13 & 14 Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague, 1976, 80. Member Family Law Commission of the Protestant Church, Bonn.

Member International Society Family Law (honorary member), Austrian Academy of Sciences Wien (honorary associate member), Academy de droit compare Paris (honorary associate member), Rotary Club (Freiburg, Germany) (president local chapter 1969-1970).

Interests

• Collecting contemporary art.

Connections

Married Anna von Gehren, April 24, 1939 (deceased February 1985). Children: Ute von Kapff, Franziska Heyde, Andrea. Married Gisela Middendorf, May 4, 1992.

1 child, Nüst.

Father:

Richard Müller-F.

Mother:

Käthe (Icke) Müller-F.

Spouse:

Anna von Gehren

Spouse:

Gisela Middendorf

child:

Ute von Kapff Müller-Freienfels

child:

Franziska Heyde Müller-Freienfels

child:

Andrea Müller-Freienfels