Hans Christian Amberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Danish lexicographer
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Place of Birth: Helsingør, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About Hans Christian Amberg
- Hans Christian Amberg, sometimes H.
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- Amberg (8 April 1749 – 30 January 1815) was a Danish lexicographer. He was born in Elsinore as a son of goldsmith Lars Amberg, a Norwegian immigrant to Denmark.
- He was a brother of educator Herman Amberg.
- He is known for his three-volume dictionary in German-Danish and Danish-German.
- He was helped by his brother as well as Jacob Baden, and the volumes were published in 1787, 1797 and 1810.Amberg held other jobs besides making the dictionary; from 1795 to 1800 he was a controller at the Norwegian postal office in Copenhagen.
- He also wrote minor texts, among others in the magazine Det nyeste Magazin af Fortællinger between 1779 and 1781.
- He died in January 1815.
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