HUGO, GUSTAV VON German jurist, was born at Lorrach in Baden, on Nov. 23, 1764. He became extraor dinary professor of law at Gottingen in 1788, ordinary professor in 1792. In the preface to his Beitrdge zur zivilistischen Bucher kenntnis der letzten vierzig Jahre (1828-29) he gives a sketch of the condition of the civil law teaching at Gottingen at that time. He was the founder of that historical school of jurisprudence which was continued and further developed by Savigny. His magna opera are the Lehrbuch eines zivilistischen Kursus (7 vols., 1792-1821), in which his method is thoroughly worked out, and the Zivilistisches Magazin (6 vols., 1790-1837). He died at Gottingen on Sept. 15, See Eyssenhardt, Zur Erinnerung an Gustav Hugo (1845).