Henrik Nicolai Clausen

Henrik Nicolai Clausen (22 April 1793 – 1877) was a Danish theologian and national liberal statesman.

Biography

Henrik Nicolai Clausen was born in the island of Lolland. From 1820 held a professorial chair in Theology at the University of Copenhagen where his theological rationalism influenced Magnús Eiríksson.

He wrote, besides other works, Romanism and Protestantism (1825); Popular Discourses on the Reformation (1836); a commentary on the synoptical Gospels, and Christian Dogmatics (1867).

In 1840 he was chosen a deputy to the States, and near the end of 1848 was appointed a member of the Cabinet of Moltke II. Died 28 March 1877.^[1] He was a member of the National Constitutional Assembly from 1848 to 1849, of the Folketing from 1849 to 1853 and of the Landsting from 1853 to 1863.^[2]

References

^ Universal Cyclopaedia and Atlas, 1902, New York, D. Appleton & Co.
^ Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (Danish). Aschehoug, p. 150. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.

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Name	Clausen, Henrik Nicolai
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Date of birth	22 April 1793
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Date of death	1877
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