H.C. Andersen was born in 1805. His father (Hans Andersen) was a poor shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. The family did not have a permanent address until 1807. The family lived for the first time together at Munkemøllestræde. The father worked as an independent shoemaker, with a workshop in the livingroom. In 1816 his father died of illness...
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H.C. Andersen was born in 1805. His father (Hans Andersen) was a poor shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. The family did not have a permanent address until 1807. The family lived for the first time together at Munkemøllestræde. The father worked as an independent shoemaker, with a workshop in the livingroom. In 1816 his father died of illness, and H.C. Andersen got a stepfather who was releated to his mother. In 1828, Andersen passed his examination at Copenhagen University and matriculated there. He took the examination which entitled him to begin his studies (philologicum) and passed his philosophicum examination the following year. After several years of serious illness, HCA died on 4 August 1875 at 'Rolighed', the country seat of the Jewish merchant family Melchior. The Melchiors had taken care of him during the final period of his life. Show less «
My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.
My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.
Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
Travelling expands the mind rarely.
Travelling expands the mind rarely.
Where words fail, music speaks.
Where words fail, music speaks.
Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short st...Show more »
Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps. Show less «