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Alfred Benzon (1855–1932)
Alfred Benzon (17 January 1855 – 21 May 1932) was a Danish pharmacist, businessman and politician. He was responsible for the considerable expansion of the family's pharmaceutical company Alfred Benzon A/S. He was also the proprietor of the Swan Pharmacy Swan pharmacy or Svaneapoteket in Bergen, Norway is the oldest pharmacy in Norway. It was established in 1595. The original building burned down in a fire in 1916 and it was rebuilt by the architects Fredrik Arnesen and Darre Kaarbø. A replica o ... in Copenhagen. He chaired the Pharmaceutical Society of Denmark from 1894 until 1926. He was also active in politics, both as a member of the Copenhagen City Council from 1896 to 1908 and the Danish parliament from 1901 to 1903. Early life and education Benzon was born on 17 January 1855 in Copenhagen, the son of Alfred Benzon (1823–1884) and Anna D. V. Østergaard (1823–1893). Benzon's father had acquired the Svane Apotek in Copenhagen in 1849 and constructed a chemical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Severin Krøyer
Peder Severin Krøyer (; 23 July 1851 – 21 November 1909), also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Danish painter. Life Growing up and early training Krøyer was born in Stavanger, Norway, on 23 July 1851 to Ellen Cecilie Gjesdal. He was raised by Gjesdal's sister, Bertha Cecilie (born 1817) and brother-in-law, the Danish zoologist Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, after his mother was judged unfit to care for him. Krøyer moved to Copenhagen to live with his foster parents soon afterward. Having begun his art education at the age of nine under private tutelage, he was enrolled in Copenhagen's Technical Institute the following year. In 1870 at the age of 19 Krøyer completed his studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Art ('), where he had studied with Frederik Vermehren. In 1873 he was awarded the gold medal, as well as a scholarship. Early career His official debut as a painter was in 1871 at Charlottenborg Palace, Charlottenborg with a portrait of a friend, the painter Frans Schw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
