Diderich De Thurah
Diderich de Thurah (1704–1788) was a military cadet, a naval officer in the Royal Danish-Norwegian navy, shipbuilder and fabrikmester, artist and publisher.Topsøe-Jensen Vol 2 pp 611 - 613Kunstindex Danmarwebsite/ref> He studied with, and worked under, Knud Benstrup. He conspired against Benstrup, but proved an unworthy successor as ''Fabrikmester''. In later life he achieved notability in translating Lutheran texts from English and German, into Danish. Personal Born in Aarhus on 1 May 1704, Diderich de Thurah moved to Ribe when his father, Laurids Thura, became bishop of Ribe in 1713. He and his younger brother, Lauritz de Thurah, met King Frederik IV when the monarch was visiting Ribe and chose the two boys for military service. In 1719, he went to Copenhagen as a military cadet, a landkadet in Danish, to receive an education at the Military Cadet Academy (Landkadetakademiet). His older brother, Albert, became a priest and poet. The painting of "Diderich de Thurah in his ...
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Diderich De Thurah (1752)
Diderich de Thurah (1704–1788) was a military cadet, a naval officer in the Royal Danish-Norwegian navy, Danish Shipbuilders, shipbuilder and fabrikmester, artist and publisher.Topsøe-Jensen Vol 2 pp 611 - 613Kunstindex Danmarwebsite/ref> He studied with, and worked under, Knud Benstrup. He conspired against Benstrup, but proved an unworthy successor as ''Fabrikmester''. In later life he achieved notability in translating Lutheran texts from English and German, into Danish. Personal Born in Aarhus on 1 May 1704, Diderich de Thurah moved to Ribe when his father, Laurids Thura, became Diocese of Ribe, bishop of Ribe in 1713. He and his younger brother, Lauritz de Thurah, met King Frederik IV when the monarch was visiting Ribe and chose the two boys for military service. In 1719, he went to Copenhagen as a military cadet, a landkadet in Danish, to receive an education at the Military Cadet Academy (Landkadetakademiet). His older brother, Albert, became a priest and poet. The pain ...
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