Poul Sporon
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Poul Egede Sporon (30 August 1795 - 29 November 1854) was a Danish Supreme Court attorney.
Sporon was born on 30 August 1795 in Virum, the son of Supreme Court justice Frederik (Friderich) Gottlieb Sporon (1749–1811) and Karen Egede (1754–99). His mother died when he was four years old. She had previously been married to court preacher and pastor at Vajsenhuset Bendix Krøll )1735–82). Sporon matriculated from Schouboe Institute in 1811 and earned a Master of Law degree with distinction from the University of Copenhagen in 1815.[1]
Career
In 1819, Sporon was licensed as a Supreme Court attorney. In 1830–38, he also served as attorney at the Maritime Court (s'retsprokirør). In 1934–39, he was a member of the Bank of Denmark's board of representatives (Nationalbankens repræsentantskab), from 1937 as its chairman. In 1838, he was appointed Attorney-General (Kammeradvokat) after already having acted in the office for around a year. He was one of the leading Danish lawyers of his time. One of his most high-profile cases was the defence of Fædrelandet editor Christian Georg Nathan David.[1]