Mathias Bidstrup
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Mathias Andreas Bidstrup (March 25, 1852 – January 25, 1929) was a Danish
architect
.
He was born in Rønne
, Bornholm
, the son of cobbler Jorgen Bernhard Bidstrup and Marie Hansine Sonne. On the 17th April 1878 he married Cecilie Margrethe Bidstrup at the Sct. Nicolai Church in Rønne.
From 1876 to 1916 he was a partner in the HP Bidstrup's Byggeforretning. He was chairman of the Rønne craft and Industry Association, a member of the Joint Representation of Danish Industry and Handicraft, superintendent of Technical School in Rønne, and chairman of the British Columbia Museum Association. He was also a member of the City Council Rønne 1882 - 1888 and Knight of the Dannebrog.
In 1876, he worked as a teacher at an art college with the architect Daniel Johan Herholdt.
As an architect, he had built a huge number of buildings on Bornholm
, schools, churches (including Gudhjem Church), urban and rural stations, the post office in Rønne and many private houses. Bidstrup was superintendent of Rønne Technical School for 46 years (1876-1915) and co-founder of British Columbia Museum in 1893.
His interests included the arts, history, archeology, engineering and geology. Two portraits of Bidstrup are found on the Bornholm island's Museum.
Denmark
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architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
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He was born in Rønne
Rønne
Rønne is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,904 . Once a municipality in its own right, it is now the administrative centre of the Bornholm municipality....
, Bornholm
Bornholm
Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is...
, the son of cobbler Jorgen Bernhard Bidstrup and Marie Hansine Sonne. On the 17th April 1878 he married Cecilie Margrethe Bidstrup at the Sct. Nicolai Church in Rønne.
From 1876 to 1916 he was a partner in the HP Bidstrup's Byggeforretning. He was chairman of the Rønne craft and Industry Association, a member of the Joint Representation of Danish Industry and Handicraft, superintendent of Technical School in Rønne, and chairman of the British Columbia Museum Association. He was also a member of the City Council Rønne 1882 - 1888 and Knight of the Dannebrog.
In 1876, he worked as a teacher at an art college with the architect Daniel Johan Herholdt.
As an architect, he had built a huge number of buildings on Bornholm
Bornholm
Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is...
, schools, churches (including Gudhjem Church), urban and rural stations, the post office in Rønne and many private houses. Bidstrup was superintendent of Rønne Technical School for 46 years (1876-1915) and co-founder of British Columbia Museum in 1893.
His interests included the arts, history, archeology, engineering and geology. Two portraits of Bidstrup are found on the Bornholm island's Museum.