Jacob Baden (4 May 1735 – 5 July 1804) was a Danish

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, pedagogue, and critic. He was a professor of rhetoric and

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at the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University. ...

in 1779. He was the first person to lecture on Danish grammar at the university between 1782 and 1783. He was the editor of the "University Journal" from 1793 to 1801. He published a Danish-Latin dictionary, and also wrote an elementary

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grammar book in 1764. He produced a Danish grammar book in the

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in 1767. His Danish grammar is still well recognized today.

Early life and education

He was born at

Vordingborg Vordingborg () is a market town and old ferry town on the south coast of the island of Zealand in Denmark. Because of three large estates surrounding the town, a coherent urban development has not been possible, which is the reason why three sat ...

on 4 May 1735. His father, who was also called Jacob Baden, was rector of the local

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. His mother Else Jacobine née From was a daughter of county manager (''amtsforvalter'') From at

Antvorskov Antvorskov Monastery (Danish: ''Antvorskov Kloster'') was the principal Scandinavian monastery of the Catholic Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, located about one kilometer south of the town of Slagelse on Zealand, Denmark. It served as the Scand ...

. He lost his father when he was 2 and was brought up by his mother. He enrolled at the

at age 15. He was a resident of på Ehlers' Kollegium after passing his theological exams. He later continued his studies at the

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and

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Personal life

He married

Charlotte Baden Charlotte Baden (21 November 1740, Copenhagen – 6 June 1824, Copenhagen) was a Danish epistolary author and letter-writer. The majority of her work was published in periodicals, and often used a letter format to focus on the inner lives of ...

, a Danish writer in 1763. He died on 5 July 1804.

Works

* ''Forelæsninger over det danske Sprog, eller resonneret dansk Grammatik'' (Lectures on Danish Language or Rational Danish Grammar) published in 1785. They contain treatments of

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and

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, syntax and Prosody. * Danish grammar in German in 1767. * Latin grammar. * Danish grammar. * Greek grammar. * School editions of

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, and Phaedrus.

References

External links

Jacob Baden
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Jacob Baden – 6 works

Jacob Baden (1735–1804) and his wife Sophie Louise Charlotte Baden

Index of Persons – Baden, Jacob (1735–1804)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baden, Jacob 1735 births 1804 deaths 18th-century Danish people Danish male writers Old Norse studies scholars 18th-century Danish linguists 18th-century Danish philologists Rectors of the University of Copenhagen People from Vordingborg Municipality Scholars from Denmark–Norway