a Danish Lutheran divine, was born at Copenhagen in 1809. In 1835 he was appointed curate at the church of the Holy Spirit; in 1837 he became chaplain of the Christiansburg palace-chapel; and in 1857 he was elected pastor of the church of the Virgin, and dean of the Zealand diocese. He was for thirty years one of the most noted preachers in Copenhagen. From 1854 till his death, in 1865, he also lectured at the theological seminary. See Barfods, Fortoellinger, p. 859. (R. B. A.)