Wilhelm Hermann Oluf Madsen

WHO Madsen

Wilhelm Hermann Oluf Madsen (born April 11, 1844 in Copenhagen , † June 14, 1917 in Frederiksberg ) was a Danish major general, minister of war and military technician.

Family and origin

Madsen's father was the later war assessor Jeppe Madsen (1812–1895), his mother was his wife Johanne Kirstine, nee. Becker (1809-1881). On October 23, 1868, Madsen married Albertine Henriette Petersen (1838–1919), daughter of the parish priest Jens Christian Petersen (1800–1895) and his wife Marie Kirstine Petersen, born in Gerslev . Jespersen (1814-1900). The doctor and bacteriologist Thorvald Madsen was his son.

Life

Madsen joined the Landkadetakademi in 1859 , which he graduated in 1861. In the same year Madsen became second lieutenant in the infantry and took part in the German-Danish War of 1864 as such . In 1868 he completed his training at the Royal Military College and in the same year became Prime Lieutenant in the artillery. Madsen had outstanding mathematical skills, for example, as a student at the Royal Military College, in answering a question posed by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences , he had demonstrated his great elegance in handling geometrical concerns and security in extensive mathematical calculations. From 1868 he worked as a teacher at the officers' school . Madsen was a staunch supporter of the Copenhagen landing fortifications and, with his brother-in-law, Pastor Johannes Clausen, initiated a collection of signatures in favor of the fortress construction in the summer of 1879. The incumbent War Minister Wolfgang von Haffner approved the plan and Madsen was assigned to Clausen as military advisor. In 1879 he was promoted to captain , in 1889 to lieutenant colonel , in 1895 to colonel and director of the technical services of the artillery. To date he had served in the field and coastal artillery as well as with the artillery staff and was chief of staff of the artillery general from 1889. In 1898 he was appointed chief of the fortress artillery. In 1900 he was appointed representative of the Krupp factories in Denmark, but had to resign from this post a year later because he was appointed Minister of War in the Deuntzer government. After the end of this cabinet, the post of Minister of War and that of Minister of the Navy were merged to become Minister of Defense . From 1903 until his departure from the army in 1915, Madsen was major general.

Madsen was the Folketing MP for the Venstre .

Fonts

• Elementair Arithmetik og Algebra (1872)
• Analytisk Plangeometri (1875)
• Rationel Mekanik I – II (1882–1883)

Awards

• 1876: Knight's Cross of the Dannebrog Order
• 1886: Dannebrogsmændenes hæderstegn
• 1896: Commander II class of the Dannebrog Order
• 1898: Fortjenstmedaljen in gold
• 1903: Commander 1st class of the Dannebrog Order
• 1905: Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog

literature

• PN Nieuwenhuis: Madsen, Vilhelm Herman Oluf . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 11 : Maar – Müllner . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1897, p. 23-25 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
• Helge Larsen: WHO Madsen . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 9 : Levi – Moltesen . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1981, ISBN 87-01-77452-2 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).

Web links

• Entry on gravsted.dk .

Endnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} Helge Larsen: WHO Madsen . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 9 : Levi – Moltesen . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1981, ISBN 87-01-77452-2 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
2. ↑ gravsted.dk .