Ernst Henrich Berling (22 March 1708 – 16 October 1750) was a German-

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book printer and publisher. From 1749 he published ''Danske Post Tidender,'' which would later become ''

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Biography

Berling was born in

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as the son of

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Melchior Christian Berling and Catharina Hennings. He was taught book printing in

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and in 1731 he was invited to

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by book printer Johan Jørgen Høpfner, whose stepdaughter Cecilie Cathrine Godiche, daughter of book printer Jørgen Matthiasen Godiche, he married the following year. They founded the Danish Berling Dynasty of printers and publishers. In 1733 he set up a printing business and in 1747 he was appointed Royal Book Printer. On 27 December 1748, he received a license to publish newspapers, Danish, German, French and scholarly, which he had acquired from Inger Wielandt, a printer's widow. Most notable among these was his ''Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender,'' now ''Berlingske Tidende'', which was established in 1749. The paper set new standards for political news coverage and Danish media. As a Royal Book Printer he published several of

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's works as well as prestigious and lavish publications such as

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's profusely illustrated architectural works '' Den Danske Vitruvius I-II'' (1746–49) and ''

Hafnia Hodierna ''Hafnia Hodierna, Eller Udførlig Beskrivelse om den Kongelige Residentz- og Hoved-Stad Kiøbenhavn'' (English: ''Hafnia Hodierna, Or Detailed Description of the Royal Residence and Capital City Copenhagen'') is an engraved architectural work on ...

'' (1748).

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