Niels Brock
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Niels Brock Jr. | |
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 Engraving based on painting in Randers Town Hall | |
| Born | 19 March 1731 |
| Died | 4 October 1802 (aged 71) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Known for | Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College |
Niels Brock (19 March 1731 – 4 October 1802) was a Danish man. He funded the establishment of the first business school in Copenhagen, which is now named Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College after him. The Niels Brock House, his former home on Strandgade in Copenhagen, is a listed building.
Niels Brock was born to a merchant father in Randers in 1731. After a two-year stay at a merchant school in Lübeck, he was employed in his uncle's office in Copenhagen. Prompted by his father's death in 1754, he went back to Randers to settle his father's affairs but returned to Copenhagen in 1756 where he established a successful business with trade in linen and groceries. He traded within Denmark–Norway and with the Russian Empire (what today is Poland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). He was also active as a broker and in insurance.[1]
Niels Brock was appointed to the Council of 32 Men by the king.
