Ditlev Gothard Monrad

Ditlev Gothard Monrad (born Nov. 24, 1811, Copenhagen—died March 28, 1887, Nyköping, Den.) was a clergyman, politician, a leader of the mid-19th-century Danish political reform movement and a member of several post-1848 governments. Suffering a crisis of faith while still a theology student, Monrad eventually recovered his faith, at the same time committing himself to political liberalism. As a Lutheran minister, he took part in the reform movement of the 1830s and 1840s, calling for...