Johan Gunder Adler (5 March 1784 – 26 May 1852) was a

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civil servant and a co-author of the

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. Johan Gunder Adler was born and raised in

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. He studied at the

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in 1803–1804. He then worked in Copenhagen as a teacher and later head of Prinds Christian Augusts Minde, a school in

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, now

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, Norway. Adler was present at Eidsvold as assistant and cabinet secretary of Crown Prince

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of Denmark who was a proposed

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. When Christian Frederik relinquished the throne and returned to Denmark in late autumn 1814, Adler followed with him. In 1815 Christian Frederik was appointed governor of

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and Adler became a member of his staff. After King

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died in 1839, Christian Frederik ascended the throne as King

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. Adler was appointed cabinet secretary, a position he held until King Christian died in 1848. ''Johan Gunder Adler (1784 – 1852)'' (ostfold 1814)
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Background

Adler was the son of the governor Adolf Adler and his spouse Ingeborg f. Lund. He studied at the

in 1803–1804. During the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 he served in the King's Livjægerkorps . Then he worked for a few years in Copenhagen until he took over the position of director of the school "Christian August's Memorial" in Frederikshald - present Halden - in 1812. He taught in French, German, History, Mathematics and English. Stattholder

shall have visited the school in Halden while Adler taught there.

References

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