Gustav Ludvig Wad

Gustav Ludvig Wad, portrait by Andrea Gomard

Gustav Ludvig and Sophie Wad

Gustav Ludvig Wad , also GL Wad, (born August 28, 1854 in Seden near Odense ; died September 28, 1929 in Odense) was a Danish archivist and personnel historian .

Life

Wad was the son of the clergyman Matthias Wad (1816-1897) and his wife Marie Elisabeth (née Fistaine, 1824-1875). His first names were given to him after Gustav Ludvig Baden , his maternal grandfather, who worked as a historian and notary. Wad went to the Herlufsholm Latin School and began studying there from 1872. In 1877 he passed his examination in political science and became assistant to the postal inspectorate ( Danish assistant i Postinspektoratet for Østifterne ). Since 1879 he worked in the postal and telegraph service, where he became in 1881 Postexpedienten was appointed. He was now working as the postmaster's secretary. Subsequently, on April 1, 1893, he was appointed provincial archivist in the newly created archive in Funen. From 1907 to 1924 he headed the state archive. Just eight days after being made an honorary member of the Society for Danish Genealogy and Personal History, Wad passed away.

family

Since June 29, 1883 he was married to Edle Sophie Hedevig (nee d'Origny, 1856-1915). She was the daughter of the customs inspector (later head of the customs office in Korsør) Captain Frederick Julius d'Origny (1816–1888) and his second wife Edle Johanne Sophie Rasmine (née Cederfeld de Simonsen, 1821–1907). Previously he was married to Bertha Louise (nee Adler, 1816–1848). Wad had several brothers, Mathias Wad (* 1856), Christian Wad and Emmanuel Wad.

Works (selection)

In 1875 he published the announcements about graduates from Herlufsholm together with the senior teacher Albert Emil Leth. Other similar writings followed in 1878 and 1882. From 1883 to 1890 he worked in the editorial staff of the Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift . From 1885 until his transfer to Odense in 1893 he was also editor of the Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender .

Om Eggert Christoffer Knuth and Søster Lerche: Et Mindeskrift i Anledning af d. October 10, 1681 and 1881 . Nielsen & Lydiche, Copenhagen 1881, OCLC 468516911 .
Minimum writing in the anledning af halvandethundredaars-dagen for oprettelsen af the noble monastery Vallø: May 14, 1738-14. maj 1888 . Bianco Luno, Copenhagen 1888, OCLC 463639899 .
Breve to and from Herluf Trolle and Birgitte Gjøe . 2 volumes (1893/1894). V. Thaning & Appel, Copenhagen ( archive.org , archive.org ).
Om Hans Christian Andersens slægt . Hempelske boghandel, Odense 1905 ( archive.org ).
Fra Fyens fortid. samlinger and study . 4 volumes (1916-1924). Hagerup, Copenhagen 1924, OCLC 873812376 .

He has written numerous articles for specialist journals and the Dansk biografisk leksikon .

Commitment and honors

On March 13, 1908, he joined the Royal Danish Society for the History of the Fatherland.
In 1908 he became a knight of Dannebrog and in 1918 he was appointed Dannebrogsmand
In 1929 he became an honorary member of the Society for Danish Genealogy and Personal History ( Danish Samfundet for dansk genealogi og personalhistorie )

literature

Thiset is different: Wad, Gustav Ludvig . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 18 : Ubbe – Wimpffen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1904, p. 147-148 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
E. Elberling: Wad, Gustav Ludvig . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 31 : Ural vertex . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1921, Sp. 242 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
PB Grandjean: Wad, Gustav Ludvig . In: Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen, Palle Raunkjær (ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 24 : Tyskland – Vertere . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1928, p. 386-387 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Bjørn Kornerup: Gustav Ludvig Wad . In: Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift . Copenhagen 1929, p. 193-199 (Danish, tidsskrift.dk ).
Hans Kargaard Thomsen, Bjørn Kornerup: GL Wad . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 15 : Treschow – Wold . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1984, ISBN 87-01-77513-8 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).

Web links

Commons : Gustav Ludvig Wad - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Anders Thiset: Wad, Gustav Ludvig . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 18 : Ubbe – Wimpffen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1904, p. 147-148 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
↑ Seden, 1854-1891, fødte. virgo-fyn.dk, accessed October 24, 2019 .
^ Albert Leth, Gustav Ludvig Wad: Meddelelser om Dimitterede fra Herlufsholm. Fra Skolens Stiftelse 1565 to 1875 . Næstved 1875, OCLC 464217689 (Danish).
^ Gustav Ludvig Wad: Meddelelser om Dimitterede fra Herlufsholm. Fra Skolens Stiftelse 1565 to 1875 . Bangs bogtrykkeri, Næstved 1878 (Danish, babel.hathitrust.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Wad, Gustav Ludvig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wad, GL
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish archivist and personnel historian
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seden near Odense
DATE OF DEATH	September 28, 1929
Place of death	Odense

[1] Anders Thiset: Wad, Gustav Ludvig . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 18 : Ubbe – Wimpffen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1904, p. 147-148 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

[2] Seden, 1854-1891, fødte. virgo-fyn.dk, accessed October 24, 2019 .

[3] Albert Leth, Gustav Ludvig Wad: Meddelelser om Dimitterede fra Herlufsholm. Fra Skolens Stiftelse 1565 to 1875 . Næstved 1875, OCLC 464217689 (Danish).

[4] Gustav Ludvig Wad: Meddelelser om Dimitterede fra Herlufsholm. Fra Skolens Stiftelse 1565 to 1875 . Bangs bogtrykkeri, Næstved 1878 (Danish, babel.hathitrust.org ).