1. Benjamin Wolff was a Danish businessman, landowner and art collector.
11 Facts About Benjamin Wolff
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Benjamin Wolff was born in Copenhagen, the son of horse trader Lars Peder Benjamin Wolff and Christiane Margrethe Nielsen.
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Benjamin Wolff was the elder brother of Niels Woldd, who would later acquire Vodroffsgaard in Frederiksberg through his marriage to Emilie Zinn.
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In 1807, Benjamin Wolff became the apprentice of an English merchant in Copenhagen.
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Benjamin Wolff improved the soil, planted forest on part of the land and constructed many new buildings.
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In 1844 and again in 1846, Benjamin Wolff was a member of the Roskilde Provincial Constituent Assembly as a representative of the estate owners.
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Benjamin Wolff was one of the authors of its protest against the abolition of copyholds in Denmark.
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Benjamin Wolff acted as administrator of Oremandsgaard and Lundbygard and from 1856 to 1865 oversaw the management of the Barony of Stampenborg.
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At a young age, Benjamin Wolff had attended the lower-ranking schools at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
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Benjamin Wolff remained a dedicated draughtsman and watercolourist throughout his life.
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Benjamin Wolff died on 7 May 1866 on the EngelHolm estate.