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Carl Frederik Bricka
Carl Frederik Bricka (10 July 1845 – 23 August 1903) was a Denmark, Danish 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 Metropolitanskolen and earned his Magister degree from the University of Copenhagen (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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Frederik Bricka
Carl Frederik Bricka (10 July 1845 – 23 August 1903) was a Denmark, Danish 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 Metropolitanskolen and earned his Magister degree from the University of Copenhagen (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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyldendal
Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal () is a Danish publishing house. Founded in 1770 by Søren Gyldendal, it is the oldest and largest publishing house in Denmark, offering a wide selection of books including fiction, non-fiction and dictionaries. Prior to 1925, it was also the leading publishing house in Norway, and it published all of Henrik Ibsen's works. In 1925, a Norwegian publishing house named Gyldendal Norsk Forlag ("Gyldendal Norwegian Publishing House") was founded, having bought rights to Norwegian authors from Gyldendal. Gyldendal is a public company and its shares are traded on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange (, ). Gyldendal stopped the print version of their encyclopedia in 2006, focusing instead on selling paid subscriptions for its online encyclopediaDen Store Danske By 2008 it had decided that it needed another approach to support that online site.Noam Cohen ''The New York Times'', 16 March 2008 Since February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Danish Historians
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
