Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg was born in Bergen on 3 December 1684. Orphaned early, he studied at the University of Copenhagen, stayed in Oxford from 1706 to 1708 and travelled across Europe, mostly on foot. Professor of metaphysics in 1717, then of Latin literature in 1720 and of history in 1730, he also wrote for the first Danish-language theatre, opened in 1722. Made a baron in 1747, with neither wife nor children, he bequeathed his property to the academy of Sorø and died in Copenhagen on 28 January 1754.

In the catalogue 2

• EpicPeder PaarsLudvig Holberg · 1720Literature
• NovelNiels Klim's Journey Under the GroundNicolai Klimii iter subterraneumLudvig Holberg · 1741Literature