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Charles Brun (Denmark)

Danish politician (1866-1919)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ5075849 ↗
Source-derived summary

Charles Brun (16 February 1866 in Copenhagen – 28 January 1919) was a Danish politician, representing the Venstre Reform Party in Parliament (Folketinget). He served as Finance Minister of Denmark in the Cabinet of Niels Neergaard I from October 12, 1908, to August 16, 1909.

Editorial summary

“Charles Brun (Denmark)” enters the record as danish politician (1866-1919). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Charles, Brun and Denmark can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1866, 1919, 1908, 1909—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1866-02-16. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Charles, Brun and Denmark.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Charles Brun (Denmark)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Charles, Brun and Denmark provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 29, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5075849. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1866, 1919, 1908 and 1909.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Charles Brun (Denmark)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.