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Holger Petersen (1843–1917)
Holger Petersen (9 June 1843 – 26 May 1917) was a Danish businessman and philanthropist. Early life and education Petersen was born on 9 June 1843 on the Lågegård estate at Vejle, the son of farmer Holger Vilhelm Petersen (1809–1849) and Rosalie Vilhelmine Philipsen (1815–1855). Rosalie moved the family to Copenhagen when her husband died in 1849 but the children were separated when she died six years later. Holger Petersen joined the household of schoolmaster Carl Mariboe. He became a merchant's apprentice in his maternal uncle Arnold Philipsen's wholesale company on Store Købmagergade in 1858. He left the company in 1862 and started to take lessons in Latin and German with the ambition of later studying law. At the outbreak of the Second Schleswig War in 1864, he immediately enrolled as a volunteer and was severely wounded in the Battle of Lundby on 3 July. After the war he returned to his uncle's company where he worked as a traveling salesman in the provinces. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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