Diderich de Thurah, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Diderich de Thurah

Danish autobiographer

Date of Birth: 01-May-1704

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1788

Profession: autobiographer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Diderich de Thurah (1704 – 1788) was a military cadet, a naval officer in the Royal Danish-Norwegian navy, shipbuilder and fabrikmester, artist and publisher.He studied with, and worked under, Knud Benstrup.
He conspired against Benstrup, but proved an unworthy successor as Fabrikmester.
In later life he achieved notability in translating Lutheran texts from English and German, into Danish.