Jacob Baden

Who is Jacob Baden?

Jacob Baden, was a Danish philologist, pedagogue, and critic. He was professor of rhetoric and the Latin language at University of Copenhagen in 1779. He was the first person to lecture on Danish grammar at the university between 1782 and 1783,He was the editor of the "University Journal" from 1793 to 1801.

He published a Danish grammar, Latin grammar, and also wrote an elementary Greek grammar in 1764. He produced Danish grammar in German language in 1767. His Danish grammar is well recognized till today.