Ferdinand Meldahl
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Ferdinand Meldahl (born March 16, 1827 in Frederiksberg ; † February 3, 1908 in Copenhagen ) was a leading Danish architect of historicism .
Ferdinand Meldahl, son of the iron caster and manufacturer Heinrich Meldahl, first came into contact with construction as a bricklayer's boy. He was trained as an architect at the Copenhagen Art Academy and supplemented his training with numerous study trips to Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, England, Egypt and Syria. In 1857 he became a member of the art academy, from 1864 professor of architecture at the institution mentioned, and its director from 1873 to 1890. Through his 27 years on the Copenhagen City Council, Meldahl was able to gain significant influence on the development of the Danish capital.
Meldahl's most important works include the completion of Frederik's Church, which began in 1749 but had fallen into ruin, and the reconstruction of Frederiksborg Palace after the fire disaster of December 16, 1859. Meldahl also expanded Charlottenlund Palace with two side wings and a dome between 1880 and 1881 . He changed the baroque facade in the style of the French neo-Renaissance .
He has also been accepted into several foreign law firms: the Accademia di Bella Arti of Florence, the Kungliga Konsthögskolan Stockholm (Royal Academy of Liberal Arts Stockholm), the London Royal Institute of British Architects , the Royal Historical Society , also in London, and im January 1896 to the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin.
In 1888 he published the standard work Monuments of the Renaissance in Denmark together with F. Skjøld Neckelmann in the Wasmuth Verlag in Berlin .
He married Amalie Raeder, granddaughter of the Hamburg businessman Georg Friedrich Baur .
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| SURNAME | Meldahl, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish architect of historicism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frederiksberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1908 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |