About Carl Mundt
Lived 1802 – 1873 (aged 71). Carl Mundt was a Danish mathematician, theologian, astronomer, politician, university teacher and textbook writer.
Carl Emil Mundt (4 April 1802 – 22 December 1873) was a Danish educator and politician. He was a member of the 1848 Danish Constituent Assembly, representing Sorø. He was the father of painter Emilie Mundt.
Early life and education Mundt was born in Copenhagen, the son of goldsmith Philip Mundt (1740-1804) and Mette Christiane née Winther (1757-1827). He graduated from Metropolitan School in 1821. He visited Rngland together with his brother J.H. Mundt in 1925-26 and obtained a degree in theology from the University of Copenhagen in 1829. He obtained a master's degree in mathematics in 1842.
Career Mundt was employed as a mathematics teacher at Sorø Academy the following year. He left Sorø Academy in connection with its reorganisation in 1849 but was awarded a temporary compensation and title of professor and that same year. He was also accepted as a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences. He moved to Frederiksberg a few years later and started working as a supervisor in the realskole system. He was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog in 1869.
He died on 22 December 1873 and is buried in Sorø Old Cemetery.
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Danish politician and professor
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Carl Mundt was born on 4 April 1802 in Copenhagen.
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Carl Mundt died on 22 December 1873 in Frederiksberg.
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Carl Mundt was a mathematician, theologian, astronomer, politician, university teacher and textbook writer.
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Carl Mundt was Danish.
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