Jacques-Joseph Haus
Jacques-Joseph Haus was born in Würzburg, Germany on January 5, 1796 to Ernest-Augustus Haus and Marie-Barbe Stang. He died in Ghent on february 23,1881. Haus attended school through to university in Würzburg. He achieved a doctor's rank in philosophy January 3 1814, two days before turning eighteen. Three years later, April 26 1817, he was proclaimed summa cum laude doctor in civil law and in canonical law.
Around 1817 King William I of the Netherlands enacted the creation of three universities in the southern provinces of his kingdom: in Ghent, in Liege and in Louvain. As a result, there was a need for academics to staff the newly created positions. The rector of the University of Würzburg was consulted and designated several candidates, including Jacques-Joseph Haus. A royal decree of August 26 1817 named him professor in criminal law and in natural right to the Ghent University.