Peter Meyn (8 April 1749 - 11 April 1808) was a Danish architect.

Early life and education

Meyn was born in

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, the son of master joiner Anton (Anthoni) Christian Meyn (1712–82) and Helena Klefts (c. 1714–80). He studied at the

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where he won the small gold medal in 1767 and the large gold medal in 1768 with a project for a royal military academy. The large gold medal qualified him for the first vacant travel stipend. He worked for

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on the marble baths in

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(1770) and as executing architect on Frederick V's Chapel at

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. In 1777, when

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had returned to Denmark, Meyn finally went abroad to further his education, spending most of the time in

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and

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. He returned to Denmark in 1782 and became a member of the Royal Academy in 1783.

Career

In 1783, Meyn was appointed to building inspector. He was appointed to second professor at the Academy in 1783 and to first professor in 1799. He served as acting master builder (''konstitueret bygmester'') for the Navy in 1785–88. In 1789, he was both appointed to master builder for the City of Copenhagen and to royal master builder.

Personal life

1783, Meyn was married to Mette Marie Jensen (1763–1785), a daughter of Peder Jensen and Anne Marie née Reimer. After her death in 1786, he was second time married to Charlotte Amalie Avemann (1763–1830), a daughter of cellarman Johan Vilhelm Avemann and Charlotte Amalie née Svendsen. He died on 11 April 1808 and is buried in

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. He was survived by the son Johan Wilhelm Meyn (1787) and the daughter Mette Marie Meyn (1788).

List of works

* Kurantbanken, partly to Harsdorff's design (1785–86, demolished in . 1870) * Surgical Academy,

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62, Copenhagen (1785–87) * Nyboders Hovedvagt, Gammel Vagt 6, Copenhagen (1787) * Warehouse for the Admiralty, Bremerholm (1795) * Pavilions and fence surrounding

Rosenborg Castle Gardens Rosenborg Castle Gardens (Danish: Kongens Have literally The King's Garden) is the oldest and most visited park in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Established in the early 17th century as the private gardens of King Christian IV's Rosenborg Castle, t ...

, Kronprinsessegade, Copenhagen (1803–05) * Wall of Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen (1805) * Druknehuset at Langebro, Cpåemjagen (1806, demolished) * Wall of

, Nørrebrogade, Copenhagen * Adaption of

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, Copenhagen (1791–94)

Unrealized projects

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* A Royal Military Academy for 100 Officvers (1768, st) * Pont Triomphal (1779) * Kirurgisk Akad. (som forannævnte) * A public library (1783, admission piece to the Art Academy) * Rebuilding of St. Nicolas' Church, Copenhagen (ypwer 1796) * Plan for rebuilding of the city after the

Copenhagen Fire of 1795 The Copenhagen Fire of 1795 (''Københavns brandes 1795'') started on Friday, 5 June 1795, at or around 3 pm by the Navy's old base south east of Kongens Nytorv on Gammelholm, in the Navy's magazine for coal and timber, the so-called Dellehave ...

(woth J.H. Rawert), 1795) * Restoration of the

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(1797); possibly the now-demolished wall towards

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and Valkendorffsgade) * Vajsenshus, Copenhagen (1799) * Rebuilding of

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(1800) * Synagoge, Copenhagen (1804–05) * Monument to Peder Tordenskjold,

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(1788, 1790–91) * Grave monument to Marie Schiønning (c. 1797, attributed) * Adaption of the interior of Frederiksborg Latin School,

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