Just Mathias Thiele | |
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 Just Mathias Thiele, portrait by Wilhelm Marstrand. Thorvaldsens Museum | |
| Born | 13 December 1795 |
| Died | 9 November 1874 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, administrator |
| Known for | Collecting Danish folk tales Bertel Thorvaldsen biography Royal Danish Print Collection |
Just Mathias Thiele (13 December 1795 – 9 November 1874) was a Danish scholar and librarian. A central personage during the Danish Golden Age, he contributed to Danish cultural life in a number of capacities. He collected and published Danish folk tales with inspiration from the Brothers Grimm and founded the Royal Print Collection, today part of the Danish National Gallery. After the death of Bertel Thorvaldsen, he saved his archives and other papers and based on them he wrote his first biography.
He was the father of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele.