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Helmut Coing was born on 28 February, 1912 in Germany, is a German legal scholar. Discover Helmut Coing's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?
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Helmut Coing Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Helmut Coing worth at the age of 88 years old? Helmut Coing’s income source is mostly from being a successful legal. He is from Germany. We have estimated Helmut Coing's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Helmut Coing (28 February 1912 – 15 August 2000) was a German legal historian.
His work focused on the history of European private law, especially in the Middle Ages, legal history in Germany and the philosophy of law.
Helmut Coing came from a Huguenot family of civil servants.
After graduating from the Ratsgymnasium in Hanover, he studied law at the Universities of Kiel, Munich, Göttingen and Lille.
In 1935 he received his Dr. jur.
He then moved to the University of Frankfurt am Main, where he habilitated in 1938 with Erich Genzmer.
In August 1939, reserve officer Coing was drafted into the German Wehrmacht.
Most recently he was a reserve captain and divisional adjutant.
In 1941 Coing became professor of Roman and Civil law at the University of Frankfurt am Main.
He remained unaffected during the National Socialist period and after his return from captivity in 1948 he was appointed professor of civil and Roman law at the re-established University of Frankfurt am Main.
For a time, Coing also taught philosophy of law.
As rector of the University of Frankfurt am Main for the academic years 1955/56 and 1956/57, Coing took on organizational and operational tasks in the scientific community for the first time and became chairman of the West German Rectors' Conference in 1956–1957 and, after his replacement as university rector, chairman of the Science Council (1958–1960)..
In 1958 Coing was awarded the Goethe Plaque by the city of Frankfurt am Main.
He was awarded honorary doctorates awarded by the Universities of Lyon (1959), Montpellier (1959), Vienna (1965), Aberdeen (1968), Brussels (1975) and Uppsala (1977).
In 1964 Coing was the founding director of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History and remained its director until his retirement in February 1980.
In 1966 he became an Officer of the French Legion of Honour.
In 1968 he was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
From 1970 to 1973 he was chairman of the humanities section of the Max Planck Society and from 1970 to 1972 he was also head of the Statutes Commission and finally 1978 to 1984 Vice President of the Max Planck Society.
In 1972 he became a corresponding fellow of the British Academy.
In 1973 he became a member of the Order Pour le Mérite for Science and the Arts.
A year later he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany.
In 1984 Coing, who had already been inducted into the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts in 1973, was elected Chancellor of the Order.
In 1990 he received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy and in the same year the Great Federal Cross of Merit with Star and Ribbon and the Hessian Order of Merit.
He held this post until 1992.
In 2008, the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt am Main awarded the Helmut Coing Prize for the first time.
The award is intended to give young researchers the opportunity to work at the institute for 4 to 5 months to complete a dissertation or post-doctoral thesis that deals with an area of European legal history.
The scholarship is advertised worldwide every three years.
A path on the Westend campus was named after him.
