Nicolai Elias Tuxen

1810–1891 (age 81)

Biography

Captain Nicolai Elias Tuxen (21 November 1810 – 10 December 1891) was a Royal Danish Navy officer and politician. He was the technical director of the Orlogsværftet in Copenhagen and a member of the Danish Constituent Assembly. Tuxen was also the father of painter Laurits Tuxen.