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Jens Peter Jacobsen

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Also known as J.Jacobsen

Danish novelist, poet, scientist (1847-1885)

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Jens Peter Jacobsen was a Danish author whose literary career began in 1870. He was born on April 7, 1847, and died on April 30, 1885. His published output includes the works *Samlede værker*, *Samlede skrifter*, *Niels Lyhne*, *Briefe*, and *Aperçu systématique et critique sur les Desmidiacées du Danemark*.

Records from Open Library list 90 works associated with Jacobsen, while Crossref and Europeana Sparql each cite five works. His writings have been categorized with tags such as "danish," "spoken word," and "Audiobook." The author is referenced by 74 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1847-04-07
Died
1885-04-30
Works
90

Top works

  • Samlede værker
  • Samlede skrifter
  • Niels Lyhne
  • Briefe
  • Aperçu systématique et critique sur les Desmidiacées du Danemark

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
17
Total plays
78

Tags

danishspoken wordAudiobookdansk

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via Last.fm · Jens Peter Jacobsen

Quotes

  • However high a mortal may set his throne, however firmly he may place upon his brow the tiara of exception that signifies genius, he can never be perfectly sure that he may not some day, like , be seized with the strange desire to go on all-fours and eat grass with the meanest beasts of the field.
  • "There is no God, and man is His prophet," said Niels bitterly, but with a touch of sadness."Yes, exactly!" jeered Hjerrild; a moment afterwards he said, "Yet atheism is exceedingly modest in its claims, for its object is really nothing or less than to disillusion mankind. The belief in a God who guides and judges is man's last great illusion, and when this is gone—what then? He will be wiser; but richer, happier? I do not see it."

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Key facts

Born
( 1847-04-07 ) 7 April 1847, Thisted , Denmark
Died
30 April 1885 (1885-04-30) (aged 38), Thisted, Denmark
Occupation
Writer

via Wikipedia infobox

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
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
atheism
Field of work
botany
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
medical condition
tuberculosis
manner of death
natural causes
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
Sources (6)

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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.