The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Rau, Karl Heinrich

RAU, Karl Heinrich, German political economist: b. Erlangen, 1792; d. 1870. He received his education at the University of Erlangen, was privat docent there in 1812, becoming professor of political economy there in 1818. Four years later he removed to Heidelberg in a similar capacity. In 1835 he founded the Archiv der politischen Oekonomie und Polizeiwissenschaft. He is the author of ‘Ueber das Zunftwesen und die Folgen seiner Aufhebung’ (1816); ‘Grundriss der Kameralwissenschaft und Wirtschaftslehre’ (1823); ‘Lehrbuch der politischen Oekonomie’ (1826-37).