Christian Henrik Biering
Christian Henrik Biering was a Danish pastor and writer.
Viering was born in Korup at Odense, the son of chaplain Niels Jørgensen Biering and Else Bosdatter. He matriculated in 1749 from Odense Gymnasium. In 1752, he qualified as a clergy. in 1759, he worked as a teacher at Odense School.
Career
In 1760, he was appointed pastor of Aastrup Parish on Falster. In 1767 he purchased Aastrup Church from the crown. In 1773, he became a Master of Theology.
Works
Biering was 15 when he his first poems published, in Danish and Latin. He translated Horat's' letters and wrote moral tales, but was most active as a writer of incidental poems. Songs that he wrote for celebrations among Falster's peasant population remained popular on the island.
Personal life
Biering married Anne Marie Schrøder on 19 June 1761 in Copenhagen's Church of the Holy Ghost. She was the daughter of skipper and later postmaster in Rudkøbing Rasmus Peter Schrøder and Kirsten Bager. After her death, on 14 February 1770 in Stubbekøbing, he married Elisabeth Jæger, daughter of pastor Adolph Jæger and Jørgine Eegh.