Famous People with Name Gad

Gottlieb Ernst Clausen Gad            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Gottlieb Ernst Clausen Gad: was a Danish publisher and bookseller who, in 1855, founded what became one of Denmark's largest publishing companies, Gads Forlag (English: Gad's Publishing Company). Gad was affiliated with the University of Copenhagen and in 1882 he was appointed university bookseller. He was an important factor in the publication of Nordisk Konversationsleksikon (Nordisk Conversations-Lexikon) (English: Nordic Encyclopedia) and the Danish author J.P. Trap's well-known series of topographical handbooks. The company specialised in theology, law and history, as well as university textbooks and non-fiction, including Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen (English: Weekly Journal of Jurisprudence) and Danmarks Statistik (English: Denmark's Statistics). In 1897, the Danish architect Vilhelm Klein designed a new office for the company, which was built on Vimmelskaftet street in Copenhagen.