Oscar Alexander Ræder (12 June 1844 – 16 November 1877) was a Danish writer.
He was born in
Copenhagen
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as a son of Colonel
Jacob Thode Ræder (1798–1853).
He was a brother of
Carl Gustav Valdemar Ræder and
Johan Georg Frederik Ræder, grandson of
Johan Georg Ræder, a nephew of
Johan Christopher Ræder,
Nicolai Ditlev Amund Ræder and
Johan Philip Thomas Ræder, a first cousin of
Jacques Ræder,
Ole Munch Ræder
Ole Munch Ræder (3 May 1815 – 10 March 1895) was a Norwegian jurist and diplomat.
Biography
He was born at Kongsvinger in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of Johan Christopher Ræder and Karen Sophie Hedevig Munch. He was the brother of ...
,
Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder
Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder (16 September 1817 – 22 July 1884) was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.
Ræder was born at Kongsvinger in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of Johan Christopher Ræder and Karen Sophie Hedevig Munch. He was the ...
and
Johan Georg Ræder and an uncle of
Hans Henning Ræder.
In September 1874 he married Agnes Elise Albertha Helsted, a daughter of
Frederik Ferdinand Helsted
Frederik Ferdinand Helsted (March 18, 1809 – December 11, 1875) was a Danish painter and drawing master.
Biography
Helsted was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Johan Helsted and Ane Marie Salathee.
From 1834 to 1837 he studie ...
. After Oscar's death she married Johan Georg Frederik Ræder.
[
He finished his secondary education at Copenhagen Metropolitan School i 1862, and graduated in history in 1866. He issued the historical-philosophical works ''Om den hellige og profane Historie'' in 1870, ''Historiske Love'' in 1871, ''De tyske og nordiske Nationer'' in 1873 and ''Om de uhistoriske og historiske Folk'' in 1875. He tried to take the doctorate with the latter book, but failed. He gave up historiography, and travelled to ]Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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where he became vice consul
A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...
for Denmark, Sweden and Norway. He died in November 1877.[
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References
1844 births
1877 deaths
Danish people of German descent
19th-century Danish historians
Historiographers
Danish expatriates in Italy
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