"Niels Andres Kierkegaard, Clerk," was the brother of the Danish theologian-philosopher Søren Aabye Kierkegaard(1813-1855)and Lutheran Bishop Peter Christian Kierkegaard((1805-1888). In 1832, after a bitter argument with his overbearing and strict father--Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard--[a follower of a very rigorous and serious strain of Lutheran Pietism informed by the dour values of sin, guilt, suffering, and individual responsibility], Niels came to America seek his fortune [and to escape his dysfunctional family!]. Michael Pedersen wanted Niels to take over the family business in Copenhagen. Niels refused. On Wednesday, August 29, 1832, Niels Andreas Kierkegaard went aboard the brig “Massasoit of Plymouth.” The ship was bound for Boston. However, the captain decided to sail to Gothenburg, Sweden in hopes of picking up additional passengers and cargo. After failing to find employment in Boston, Providence, and New York City Niels died of consumption in a hotel in Paterson, New Jersey. Episcopalian Priest Ralph Williston recounted how he had sat by Niels day and night during his final days and had heard him speak so beautifully of his mother, his sisters, and his brothers [not his father!]. In a letter addressed to the family back in Denmark he wrote “Happy the Son who has such a Mother— and happy the Mother who has such a Son.” Johan Christian Lund, his merchant brother-in-law, took care of burial expenses. He was the first person buried in the "new" St. Paul's [Episcopal] Cemetery in Sandy Hill.
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See Joakim Garff, "Soren Kierkegaard: A Biography" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005), pp.38-44.
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See Joakim Garff, "Soren Kierkegaard: A Biography" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005), pp.38-44.
"Niels Andres Kierkegaard, Clerk," was the brother of the Danish theologian-philosopher Søren Aabye Kierkegaard(1813-1855)and Lutheran Bishop Peter Christian Kierkegaard((1805-1888). In 1832, after a bitter argument with his overbearing and strict father--Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard--[a follower of a very rigorous and serious strain of Lutheran Pietism informed by the dour values of sin, guilt, suffering, and individual responsibility], Niels came to America seek his fortune [and to escape his dysfunctional family!]. Michael Pedersen wanted Niels to take over the family business in Copenhagen. Niels refused. On Wednesday, August 29, 1832, Niels Andreas Kierkegaard went aboard the brig “Massasoit of Plymouth.” The ship was bound for Boston. However, the captain decided to sail to Gothenburg, Sweden in hopes of picking up additional passengers and cargo. After failing to find employment in Boston, Providence, and New York City Niels died of consumption in a hotel in Paterson, New Jersey. Episcopalian Priest Ralph Williston recounted how he had sat by Niels day and night during his final days and had heard him speak so beautifully of his mother, his sisters, and his brothers [not his father!]. In a letter addressed to the family back in Denmark he wrote “Happy the Son who has such a Mother— and happy the Mother who has such a Son.” Johan Christian Lund, his merchant brother-in-law, took care of burial expenses. He was the first person buried in the "new" St. Paul's [Episcopal] Cemetery in Sandy Hill.
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See Joakim Garff, "Soren Kierkegaard: A Biography" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005), pp.38-44.
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See Joakim Garff, "Soren Kierkegaard: A Biography" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005), pp.38-44.
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