Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)

Henrik Pontoppidan

" Pontoppidan's novels and short stories — informed with a desire for social progress but despairing, later in his life, of its realization — present an unusually comprehensive picture of his country and his epoch. As a writer he was an interesting figure, distancing himself both from the conservative environment in which he was brought up and from his socialist contemporaries and friends. He was the youngest and in many ways the most original and influential member of the Modern Break-Through.

Born

1857

July 24

Died

1943

Era

1850s

Country

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About

Henrik, in brief

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Key dates

1857 Born
1943 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

538 The Ostrogoths abandoned the Siege of Ariminum upon the arrival of the larger than expected Byzantine fleet.
1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
1148 Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
1304 Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.

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The world in 1943

When Henrik departed

april 13 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
april 13 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
april 16 Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
april 18 World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on July 24

Alfred Balk 1930–2010 American journalist and author (died 2010) Charles Talbot 1660–1718 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1660) Chief Dan George 1899–1981 Canadian actor (died 1981) Edward Plunkett 1878–1957 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1957) Fred Tate 1867– English cricketer and coach (died 1943) Jerrod Niemann 1979– American singer-songwriter and guitarist John William Finn 1909– American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2010) Jun'ichirō Tanizaki 1886–1965 Japanese author (died 1965) Karl Malone 1963– American basketball player and coach

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1857

Alfred Binet 1857–1911 French psychologist and graphologist (died 1911) B. H. Roberts 1857– English-American historian and politician (died 1933) Bobby Abel 1857–1936 English cricketer (born 1857) Charles Scott Sherrington 1857–1952 English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857) Eugen Bleuler 1857–1940 Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (died 1940) King Kelly 1857– American baseball player and manager (died 1894) Williamina Fleming 1857–1911 Scottish-American astronomer and academic (died 1911) Zelia Nuttall 1857– American archeologist and historian (died 1933)

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