# Niels Brock

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{{short description|Danish merchant (1731–1802)}}
{{for|the Danish writer who published under the pseudonym Niels Brock|Charlotte Sannom}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Niels Brock Jr.
| image              = Niels Brock.jpg
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| caption            = Engraving based on painting in Randers Town Hall
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1731|03|19}}
| birth_place        = [Randers](/source/Randers), [Denmark](/source/Denmark)
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1802|10|04|1731|03|19}}
| death_place        = [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), Denmark
| resting_place      = 
| spouse             = 
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| alma_mater         = 
| known_for          = [Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College](/source/Niels_Brock_Copenhagen_Business_College)
| occupation         = Merchant
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'''Niels Brock''' (19{{nbsp}}March 1731 – 4{{nbsp}}October 1802) was a [Danish](/source/Danes) man. He funded the establishment of the first business school in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), which is now named [Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College](/source/Niels_Brock_Copenhagen_Business_College) after him. The [Niels Brock House](/source/Niels_Brock_House), his former home on [Strandgade](/source/Strandgade) in Copenhagen, is a [listed building](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Copenhagen_Municipality).

==Career==
Niels Brock was born to a merchant father in [Randers](/source/Randers) in 1731. After a two-year stay at a merchant school in [Lübeck](/source/L%C3%BCbeck), he was employed in his uncle's office in [Copenhagen](/source/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](/source/Denmark%E2%80%93Norway) and with the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) (what today is [Poland](/source/Poland), [Russia](/source/Russia), [Estonia](/source/Estonia), [Latvia](/source/Latvia) and [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania)). He was also active as a broker and in insurance.<ref>{{cite dictionary |url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/K%C3%B8bmand/Niels_Brock |title=Niels Brock |language=Danish |dictionary=[Dansk Biografisk Leksikon](/source/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon) |accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref>

Niels Brock was appointed to the [Council of 32 Men](/source/32_Men) by the king.

==Personal life==
In 1762, Niels Brock married Lene Bredahl, daughter of Randers mayor Nicolai Krag Bredahl. Lene Brock died in 1786 and the couple had no children. He constructed the [Niels Brock House](/source/Niels_Brock_House) at 36 [Strandgade](/source/Strandgade) in the [Christianshavn](/source/Christianshavn) neighbourhood of Copenhagen in 1780 and lived there until his death in 1802.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/strandgade%2036-36a-d%20-%20wildersgade%2051.html |title=Strandgade 36-36a-d/Wildersgade 51 |language=Danish |website=indenforvoldene.dk |accessdate=10 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510083724/http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/strandgade |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:Strandgade 36 København.jpg|thumb|[Niels Brock House](/source/Niels_Brock_House) in [Christianshavn](/source/Christianshavn), Copenhagen]]
At the event of his death in 1802, Niels Brock left an estate of 865,000 {{Lang|da|kurantdaler}} which was used for grants in Randers and Copenhagen. {{Lang|da|[Grosserer-Societetet](/source/Grosserer-Societetet)}}, a wholesaler organization, also received a sum for the establishment of a merchant school. This was done under the auspices of the Association for the Education of Young Merchants ({{Lang|da|Foreningen til Unge Handelsmænds Uddannelse realiserede}}) in 1881 under the name {{Lang|da|Købmandsskolen i København|italic=no}}. [Carl Frederik Tietgen](/source/Carl_Frederik_Tietgen), who was a member of the board of the foundation that administrated Brock's heritage, founded an advanced school of merchantry under the name {{Lang|da|De Brockske Handelsskoler|italic=no}} in 1888. The two schools were merged under the name {{Lang|da|Købmandsskolen|italic=no}} in 1908. In 1991, it changed its name to Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College.

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Category:Merchants from Denmark–Norway

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