Philip Smidth (3 May 1855 – 21 June 1938) was a prolific Danish architect in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works included, commercial properties, high-end apartment buildings, hotels and hospitals. He worked in the
Historicist style. Two of his works,
Liselund Ny Slot on the island of
Møn and
Gefion and Gylfe in
Copenhagen, have been listed by the
Danish Heritage Agency.
Biography
Philip Smidth was born in
Rønnede to the south of
Copenhagen. His parents were, kammerråd and later justitsråd Jens Frederik Julius Beck Smidth and Anna Henriette née Høyer. After passing his preliminary exams, he apprentished as a timber and then studied at the Yechnical Society's School and attending C. V. Nielsens Regneskole. He enrolled at the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in January 1873 and graduated in March 1882.[1]