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Ditlev Gothard Monrad (24 November 1811 – 28 March 1887) was a Danish politician and bishop of Lolland-Falster. Monrad studied theology and became a Lutheran minister, while beginning to participate in politics.〔(Britannica ). Accessed 2 June 2015〕 He became leader of the National Liberal Party and spearheaded the movement towards a constitutional Denmark after 1848, the year in which he became a bishop. In the following year, he became a member of Parliament. As Council President (1863-1864), he was the Danish state leader during the early part of Second Schleswig War, against the German Confederation led by Otto von Bismarck, which resulted in the Peace of Vienna. After this war, a depressed and disillusioned Monrad emigrated to New Zealand. After sending his sons to Nelson and other districts of New Zealand to scout for land, he chose to settle in Palmerston North in the North Island of New Zealand. He bought of land at Karere Block. He first lived in a small hut and then erected a timber house and started clearing bushland. He and his family farmed cows and sheep. Monrad helped the New Zealand Company to find suitable settlers from Scandinavia and helped many Danish immigrants find land to settle on, most notably in the area of Dannevirke. His work was disturbed by Māori rioters, members of the Hauhau cult under Chief Titokowaru. Monrad buried his belongings and went with the family to Wellington and then went back to Denmark in 1869. His sons Viggo and Johannes later returned to Karere to become farmers. Before leaving New Zealand, he presented to the New Zealand government a precious collection of sketches and etchings by old European masters such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Albrecht Dürer and van Dyck. They are now part of the collection at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and are occasionally on display there. Monrad Intermediate is a Palmerston North intermediate school named after Monrad. ==Literature== * Johan Schioldann-Nielsen, ''The life of D.G. Monrad (1811-1887) : manic-depressive disorder and political leadership'', Odense University Press, 1988. ISBN 87-7492-668-3. * G.C. Petersen, ''D.G. Monrad : Scholar, statesman, priest and New Zealand pioneer and his New Zealand descendants'', Kerslake, Billens & Humphrey. 1965. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ditlev Gothard Monrad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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