Carl Frederik Bricka (10 July 1845 – 23 August 1903) was a

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archivist, historian and biographer.

Biography

Carl Bricka was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father, Frederik Vilhelm Theodor Bricka (1809–79), was a medical doctor. He attended

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and earned his

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from the

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(1870). He became an assistant at the Danish Royal Library in 1871. During the period 1883–97, he was employed in the Danish National Archives, after which he became the department head (''Rigsarkivar''). Bricka became a member of the board of the Danish Historical Society and edited the historical magazine published by the association (1878–97). He also served as editor of ''Danske Magazin'' (1883–1901). From 1885 until his death in 1903, he was the publisher of the '' Dansk biografisk lexikon: tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814''. The first edition of this Danish biographic encyclopedia was published by Gyldendal in 19 volumes between 1887 and 1905. He died in Copenhagen and was buried at Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård.

References

Other sources

*L.L.:
Bricka, Carl Frederik
', in Blangstrup, Christian (ed.): ''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon'', Copenhagen 1915 – 1930, vol. III (1915), p. 947f. URL last accessed 2007-09-15.

External links

'' Dansk biografisk Lexikon'' – Project Runeberg
1845 births 1903 deaths Writers from Copenhagen University of Copenhagen alumni 19th-century Danish historians 20th-century Danish historians Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog {{Denmark-historian-stub