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Christian Wulff (31 July 1810 – 1856) was a

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officer and friend of the writer

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Early life

Christian Wulff was born on 31 July 1810 in

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, the son of Peter Frederik Wulff. He was the brother of Henriette Wulff.

Career

Wulff joined the

as the family tradition prescribed. He became a second lieutenant in 1825 and a

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in 1835. He reached the rank of captain lieutenant and captain in 1851.

Personal life

Like his parents and sister, Wulff was a close friend of the writer

. They exchanged many letters and Andersen stayed in his apartment at Amaliegade 37 in Copenhagen from 27 June to 24 August 1848.

Death

While stationed in

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, Wulff contracted and died from yellow fever in 1856. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Beaufort, North Carolina). His headstone was sent from

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by his sister Henriette. She herself would perish while traveling across the sea to visit her brother's gravesite in the tragic wreck of the steamship SS Austria in 1858.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wulff, Christian (1810-1856) 19th-century Royal Danish Navy officers 1810 births 1856 deaths Burials at Holmen Cemetery