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JOHAN NICOLAI See also: born on the See also: island of See also: Bornholm, on the 7th of See also: August 1804
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He was educated at the classical school of Frederiksborg and the university of See also: Copenhagen
.
In 1828 he became reader, and in 1829 professor, of Latin language and literature at Copenhagen, and in 1832 was appointed university librarian
.
In 1848 See also: Madvig entered parliament as a member of what was called the " See also: Eider-Danish " party, because they desired the Eider to be the boundary of the country
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When this party came into power Madvig became See also: minister of See also: education
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In 1852 be became director of public instruction
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Some years later, from 1856 to 1863, Madvig was president of the Danish parliament and See also: leader of the See also: National Liberal party
.
With these brief interruptions the greater See also: part of his See also: life was devoted to the study and teaching of Latin and the improvement of the classical See also: schools, of which he was chief inspector
.
As a critic he was distinguished for learning and acumen
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He devoted much See also: attention to See also: Cicero, and revolutionized the study of his philosophical writings by an edition of De Finibus (1839; 3rd ed., 1876)
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Perhaps his most widely known See also: works are those on Latin grammar and See also: Greek syntax, especially his Latin grammar for schools (Eng. trans. by G
.
Woods)
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In 1874 his sight began to fail, and he was forced to give up much of his See also: work
.
He still, however, continued to lecture, and in 1879 he was chosen rector for the See also: sixth See also: time
.
In 188o he resigned his professorship, but went on with his work on the See also: Roman constitution, which was completed and published before his See also: death
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In this See also: book Madvig takes a strongly conservative standpoint and attacks See also: Mommsen's views on Caesar's See also: programme of reforms
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It is a clear ex-position, though rather too dogmatic and without sufficient regard for the views of other scholars
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His last work was his autobiography, Livserindringer (published 1887)
.
Madvig died at Copenhagen on the 12th of See also: December 1886
.
See J
.
E
.
Sandys, See also: History of Classical Scholarship (1908), iii., 319-324
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