Niels Frederik Ravn

Niels Frederik Ravn

Niels Frederik Ravn (born June 18, 1826 in Copenhagen , † June 12, 1910 ) was a Danish vice admiral and politician. In this capacity he was Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark several times from 1870 to 1900.

Life

origin

Ravn was born in 1826 as the son of the linen dealer Stephen Ravn and his wife Marie, b. Born Bünge.

Military career

In 1838 Ravn became a cadet and in 1845 a second lieutenant , dated back to 1844. From 1845 to 1847 he participated in Steen Andersen Bille's circumnavigation on the Corvette Galathea . During the Schleswig-Holstein uprising he served on the frigate Havfruen in 1848 , on the frigate Thetis in 1849 and on the corvette Najaden in 1850 . In 1851 he became a prime lieutenant and until 1863 was a mathematics teacher at the Naval Cadet Academy. In this capacity he took part in trips of the cadet ship in 1852, 1859 and 1861. From 1853 to 1856 he was also a subaltern officer at the nautical chart archive . In 1863 he was given the character of lieutenant captain , three years later he was given the real rank. In the German-Danish war he took part as first officer of the liner Frederik VI . In 1863, Ravn switched to teaching mathematics at the Royal Military College and continued to teach at the Royal Military College when it was converted into the officers' school. At this time he gained notoriety with scientific treatises, such as his work on degree measurements . In the Den danske Gradmaaling commission ("The Danish degree measurements"), headed by Major General Georg Zachariae . In 1868 he became a captain , in 1873 " kommandør " (roughly frigate captain ) and in 1885 a rear admiral . In 1891 he reached the age limit and received his departure with the character of a vice admiral .

Political career

• Minister of the Navy in the Holstein-Holsteinborg cabinet from May 21, 1873 to July 14, 1874
• Minister of the Navy in the Fonnesbech cabinet from July 14, 1874 to August 26, 1874
• Minister of War in the Fonnesbech cabinet from July 14, 1874 to June 11, 1875
• Minister of War in the Estrup cabinet from April 1, 1881 to September 12, 1884
• Minister of the Navy in the Estrup cabinet from September 12, 1884 to August 7, 1894
• Minister of the Navy in the Reedtz-Thott cabinet from August 7, 1894 to May 23, 1897
• Foreign Minister and Minister of the Navy in the Hørring Cabinet 23 May 1897 to 27 April 1900

Awards

• 1857: Knight's Cross of the Dannebrog Order
• 1867: Dannebrogsmændenes hæderstegn
• 1874: Commander II class
• 1875: Commander 1st class
• 1881: Grand Cross of the Dannebrog Order
• 1898: Order of the Elephants

literature

• C.With .: Ravn, Niels Frederik . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 13 : Pelli – Reravius . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1899, p. 545-547 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
• Hans Christian Bjerg, Th. Topsøe-Jensen: Niels F. Ravn . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 12 : Rasmussen – Scavenius . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1982, ISBN 87-01-77482-4 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Christian Albert Frederich Thomsen	Danish Minister of the Navy May 21, 1873 - August 26, 1874	Wolfgang Haffner
Christian Albert Frederich Thomsen	Danish Minister of War July 14, 1874 - July 26, 1874	Peter Frederik Steinmann
Wilhelm Kauffmann	Danish Minister of War April 1, 1881 - September 12, 1884	Jesper Jespersen from Bahnson
Frederik Dreyer	Danish Minister of the Navy September 12th September 12th 1884 - April 27th 1900	Christian Giørtz Middelboe
Days Reedtz-Thott	Danish Foreign Minister May 23, 1897 - April 27, 1900	Hannibal Sehested