Henrik Larsen Kyhl (8 August 1793 – 12 February 1866) was a

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clockmaker, politician and the second managing director of

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Early life and education

Kyhl was born on 8 August 1793 in Søsum at Ølstykke, the son of wheelmaker Lars Henrik Hansen (c. 1764 – 1812) and Maren Jensdatter (c. 1773 – 1841). He apprenticed as a clockmaker in

Career as clockmaker

In 1818, Kyhl opened his own workshop which specialized in tower clocks. Over the years, he presented a number of inventions and improvements in the (''Magazine for Artists and Craftsmen ''). Kyhl was

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of the Clockmakers' Guild in Copenhagen from 1832 to 1838. A tower clock presented at the

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in 1851 attracted considerable attention. It was later installed in the Methodist St. Paul's Church in

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in Copenhagen. In 1827, Kyhl constructed a reflector lamp which was used as street lighting in Copenhagen from 1828 until gas lights were introduced in 1857.

Other occupations

In 1835, he was a co-founder of . He was also one of the most active members of its board of representatives. In 1843, he was a co-founder of the Scandinavian Society. He was elected to the Committee for Copenhagen the same year (). Kyhl was from the foundation of the amusement park also a board member of Tivoli Gardens. He was often in opposition to

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, whom he succeeded as managing director of the park until 1857.

Politics

From 1837 to 1859, Kyhl was a member of the

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. In 1841, he unsuccessfully proposed surfacing the streets in Copenhagen with

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. In 1935, he was a co-founder of the Society for the Freedom of the Press (). In 1844 and again in 1846, he was an alternate member of the Roskilde Constituent Assembly (), where he argued in favour of a free constitution''.''

Selected tower clocks

Kyhl has created tower clocks for the following buildings: * Mariager Town Hall,

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, Copenhagen (1848) * Vester Sottrup Church, Sønderjylland (1848) * Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, Frederiksberg (1854) *

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, Vridsløselille (1860) *

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(1856) * Ebeltoft Church,

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(1853) *

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, Stevns * Cottagehuset, Charlottenlund

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyhl, Henrik Danish clockmakers 1793 births 1866 deaths 19th-century Copenhagen City Council members