Jesper Henriksen

Jesper Henriksen (in some sources Jesper Henrichsen) (c. 1425 - before 1493) belonged to the Danish nobility. The son of Henrik Nielsen of Sandagergård [da], a member of The Council of the Realm during the reign of Eric of Pomerania, Henriksen held among other the position as dean of the Cathedral chapter in Copenhagen.[1][2] Christian I of Denmark appointed him Rector magnificus, the first rector of the University of Copenhagen in 1479, a position he held again from 1482 to 1483.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Holger Fr Rördam (1859). Kjøbenhavns Kirker og Klostere i Middelalderen (in Danish). pp. 101–.
  2. ^ Jens Peter Trap (1923). Kongeriget Danmark (in Danish). G.E.C. Gad. pp. 501–.
  3. ^ Erich Christian Werlauff (1879). Kiøbenhavns Universitet fra dets Stiftelse indtil Reformationen (in Danish). Trykt i det Schultziske officin. pp. 17–.
  4. ^ Hans Steenstrup Holbeck; Hans Victor Clausen (1926). Odense bys historie (in Danish). Hempelske Boghandels Forlag. pp. 93–.


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