INGEMANN, BERNHARD SEVERIN Danish poet and novelist, was born at Torkildstrup, Falster, on May 28, 1789. He was educated at the grammar school at Sla gelse, and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1806. All his early and unpublished writings were destroyed when the English burned the town. In 181 i he published his first volume of poems, and in 1812 his second, followed in 1813 by a book of lyrics en titled Procne and in 1814 the verse romance, The Black Knights. In 1815 he published two tragedies, Masaniello and Blanca, followed by The Voice in the Desert, The Shepherd of Tolosa, and other romantic plays. In 1818 he went to Rome, where he wrote The Liberation of Tasso. In 1820 he began to display his real power in a volume of delightful tales. His last comedy, Magnetism in a Barber's Shop, appeared in 1821. In 1822 the poet was nominated lector in Danish language and literature at Soro college, and in 1846 director. Valdemar the Great and his Men, an historical epic, appeared in 1824. The next few years were occupied with his best and most durable work, his four great national and historical novels of Valdemar Seier (1826) ; Erik Menved's Childhood (1828) ; King Erik (1833) ; and Prince Otto of Denmark (1835). He then returned to epic poetry in Queen Margaret (1836) and in a cycle of romances, Holger Danske (1837). His last publication was The Apple of Gold (1856). Ingemann died on Feb. 24, 1862. During his lifetime he enjoyed a popularity unapproached even by that of Ohlenschlager.