'''Andreas Aagesen''' ([[5 August]] [[1826]] – [[26 October]] [[1879]]) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] jurist.

He was educated for the law at Christiania (now [[Oslo]]) and [[Copenhagen]], and interrupted his studies in 1848 to take part in the [[First Schleswig War]], in which he served as the leader of a reserve battalion. In 1855 he became professor of [[jurisprudence]] at the [[University of Copenhagen]]. In 1870 he was appointed a member of the commission for drawing up a maritime and commercial code, and the navigation law of 1882 is mainly his work. In 1879 he was elected a member of the [[Landsting (Denmark)|Landsting]] (one of two chambers of the Danish Parliament, the [[Rigsdag]]); but it is as a teacher at the university that he won his reputation. Among his numerous juridical works may be mentioned: ''Bidrag til Læren om Overdragelse af Ejendomsret, Bemærkinger om Rettigheder over Ting''
(Copenhagen, 1866, 1871-1872); ''Fortegnelse over Retssamlinger, Retslitteratur i Danmark, Norge, Sverige'' (Copenhagen, 1876). Aagesen was [[Carl Christian Hall]]'s successor as lecturer on [[Roman law]] at the university, and in this department his researches were epoch-making. All his pupils were profoundly impressed by his examination of the sources, his demonstration of his subject and his search after truth.<ref>C. F. Bricka, ''Dansk Biog. Lex.'' vol. i. (Copenhagen, 1887); ''Samlede Skrifter,'' edited by F. C. Bornemann (Copenhagen, 1883)</ref>

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==See also==
* [http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Aagesen_Andrew.html Biography at Biography Base]
* [http://www.illustrerettidende.dk/iti_pub/cv/main/HaefteSide.xsql?nnoc=iti_pub&p_AargangNr=21&p_HaefteNr=1049&p_SideNr=45 Obituary]
*{{Wikisource1911Enc|Aagensen, Andrew}}

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