Johan Nicolai Madvig

Johan Nicolai Madvig
Johan Nicolai Madvig

Johan Nicolai Madvig (Danish pronunciation: [joˈhæn ˈneɡolaɪ̯ ˈmæˀðʋiːˀ]; 7 August 1804 – 12 December 1886), was a Danish philologist and Kultus Minister.

He was born on the island of Bornholm. He was educated at the classical school of Frederiksborg and the University of 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 Madvig entered parliament as a member of the "Eider-Danish" part—those who desired the Eider to be the boundary of the country. When this party came into power Madvig became Kultus Minister in the Cabinet of Moltke II and III, but left the cabinet on 7 December 1851 as a protest against the government's unity state program.[1][2] In 1852 be became director of public instruction.

Some years later, from 1856 to 1863, Madvig was president of the Danish parliament and leader of the National Liberal Party. With these brief interruptions the greater part of his life was devoted to the study and teaching of Latin and the improvement of the classical schools, of which he was chief inspector. As a critic he was distinguished for learning and acumen. He devoted much attention to Cicero, and revolutionized the study of his philosophical writings by an edition of De Finibus (1839). Perhaps his most widely known works are those on Latin grammar and Greek syntax, especially his Latin grammar for schools (Eng. trans. by G Woods). Another major contribution to classical scholarship is his Opuscula Academica ('An Academic Trifle').

In 1874 his sight began to fail, and he was forced to give up much of his work. He continued to lecture, and in 1879 he was chosen rector for the sixth time. In 1880 he resigned his professorship, but went on with his work on the Roman constitution, which was completed and published before his death. In this book Madvig takes a strongly conservative standpoint and attacks Theodor Mommsen's views on Caesar's programme of reforms. It is a clear exposition, though rather too dogmatic and without sufficient regard for the views of other scholars. His last work was his autobiography, Livserindringer (published 1887).

One of his textbooks, on Latin syntax, has been re-issued as recently as in 2001.

References

  1. ^ Neergaard, M. (1892) (in Danish). Under junigrundloven - En fremstilling af det danske folks politiske historie fra 1848 til 1866 - første bind. Copenhagen: P. G. Philipsens Forlag. pp. 324. 
  2. ^ Hjelholt, Holger (1949). "Under junigrundloven (1849–1866)". In Fabricius, K.; Frisch, H.; Hjelholt, H.; Mackeprang, M.; Møller, A. (eds.) (in Danish). Den danske rigsdag 1849-1949 - bind I - rigsdagens historie 1849-1866. Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlag. pp. 173. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Ditlev Gothard Monrad
Kultus Minister of Denmark
16 November 1848 – 7 December 1851
Succeeded by
Peter Georg Bang
Preceded by
Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ
Speaker of the Folketing
4 October 1852 – 12 June 1853
Succeeded by
Carl Edvard Rotwitt

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