Vilhelm Prior
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Vilhelm Prior | |
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| Born | 10 April 1835 Vandborg, Denmark |
| Died | 20 May 1910 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Bookseller |
Vilhelm Prior (10 April 1835 - 20 May 1910) was a Danish book dealer and publisher. He was awarded the title book dealer to the Greek court in 1876 and to the Danish court in 1906. His book shop was from 1875 based at Købmagergade 52 in Copenhagen.
Prior was born on 10 April 1835 at Mølgård in Vandborg Parish, west of Lemvig, the son of chaplain in Hundstrup Andreas Peter Prior (1805–97) and Hansine Vilhelmine Eller (1809–69). His father would later serve as parish priest in Nors and Tved. His father was after the mother's death married second time to Torbine Stenbrygger (1837-1915) in 1871.
He received his first schooling at home and in the local village school. In 1949 Prior and his elder brother were sent to Copenhagen where they lived with schoolmaster H. E. Melchior and attended his school (Melchiors Borgerskole). He began an apprenticeship in J. H. Bings Etablissement in 1850 and was later educated as a book dealer abroad in 1855–59.[1]
