Johan Nicolai Madvig

He was educated at the classical school of Frederiksborg and the University of Copenhagen, at least partially on the cost of Marie Kofoed.

In 1848, Madvig entered parliament as a member of the "Eider-Danish" part—those who desired the Eider to be the boundary of the country.

With these brief interruptions the greater part of his life was devoted to the study and teaching of Latin and the improvement of the classical schools, of which he was chief inspector.

He devoted much attention to Cicero, and revolutionized the study of his philosophical writings by an edition of De Finibus (1839).

In the book, Madvig takes a strongly conservative standpoint and attacks Theodor Mommsen's views on Caesar's programme of reforms.

Johan Nicolai Madvig
1879 medal commemorating Madvig