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Jens Peter Jacobsen
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Danish novelist, poet, scientist (1847-1885)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1847-04-07 ) 7 April 1847, Thisted , Denmark
- Died
- 30 April 1885 (1885-04-30) (aged 38), Thisted, Denmark
- Occupation
- Writer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jens
- Family name
- Jacobsen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Thisted
- Place of death
- Thisted
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Copenhagen
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- botany
- Movement
- literary realism
- Image
- JP Jacobsen.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jens Peter Jacobsen
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1847-04-07
- date of death
- 1885-04-30
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- P6944
- Jens Peter Jacobsen
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described at URL
- adl.dk/adl_pub/forfatter/e_forfatter/e_forfatter.xsql?ff_id=6
- name in native language
- Jens Peter Jacobsen
- ethnic group
- Danes
- topic's main category
- Category:Jens Peter Jacobsen
- start of work period
- 1870-00-00
- influenced by
- Émile Zola
- interested in
- Charles Darwin
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- P8168
- Gregoria
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Jens Peter Jacobsen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Jens Peter Jacobsen (7 April 1847 – 30 April 1885) was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in Denmark often just written as "J. P. Jacobsen". He began the naturalist movement in Danish literature and was a part of the Modern Breakthrough.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jens Peter Jacobsen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.