The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Aagesen, Andrew

AAGESEN, Andrew, ä′gĕ-sĕn, Danish statesman and jurist: b. 1826; d. 1879. In early life he commanded a reserve battalion in the Schleswig war of 1848. He was appointed professor of jurisprudence in his alma mater, the University of Copenhagen in 1855, where he was distinguished by his learning and attractive personality. He was an expert in Roman law, in maritime and commercial legislation, and was the chief author of the navigational law of 1882. He was elected to Landsthing in 1879.