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Johan Ludvig Heiberg (December 14, 1791 - August 25, 1860), Danish poet and critic, son of the political writer Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758-1841), and of the novelist, afterwards the Baroness Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, was born at Copenhagen.
In 1800 his father was exiled and settled in
Oehlenschläger and Ingemann
possessed the popular ear, and were understood at once to be the opening of a great career.
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