Carl Gustav Valdemar Ræder

Carl Gustav Valdemar Ræder (16 July 1837 – 21 December 1887) was a Danish farmer and writer.

He was born in Copenhagen as a son of Colonel Jacob Thode Ræder (1798–1853).[1] He was a brother of Johan Georg Frederik Ræder and Oscar Alexander Ræder, grandson of Johan Georg Ræder, a nephew of Johan Christopher Ræder, Nicolai Ditlev Amund Ræder and Johan Philip Thomas Ræder, a first cousin of Jacques Ræder, Ole Munch Ræder, Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder and Johan Georg Ræder and an uncle of Hans Henning Ræder.[2][3] In May 1866 he married Bertha Othilie Aarestrup.[1]

He grew up in Altona, where his mother's family hailed from, returned to Copenhagen in 1848 before taking his agricultural training and education in Mecklenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe, Jena and Tirsbæk. He bought a farm in Kolding in 1862, and in addition to farming he made his mark as a writer. He issued Landøkonomiske Breve (1878-1879), Socialøkonomiske Betragtninger med særligt Hensyn til Agerbruget (1880), Udvandringsspørgsmaalet (1882) and Landbrugets nationale Betydning (1883).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hertel, H. (1900). "Ræder, Carl Gustav Valdemar". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk lexikon (in Danish). Vol. 14. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. pp. 470–471. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  2. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Ræder". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  3. ^ P. B. G. (1926). "Ræder". In Blangstrup, Christian (ed.). Salmonsens Konversations Leksikon (in Danish). Vol. 21 (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz. p. 655. Retrieved 14 November 2010.