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Johan Peter Andreas Anker

Danish soldier (1838-1876)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 2, 2025
Entity authorityQ5557383 ↗
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Johan Peter Andreas Anker (22 February 1838 – 27 January 1876) was a Danish military officer born in Knudsker Sogn.

He made his mark during the Second Schleswig War, especially in the Battle of Dybbøl of 1864. He retired in 1865.

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The public source identifies “Johan Peter Andreas Anker” as danish soldier (1838-1876). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Johan, Peter and Andreas.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1838, 1876, 1864, 1865—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1838-02-22. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Johan, Peter and Andreas providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Johan Peter Andreas Anker” 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.