Mourier, Peter Poul Ferdinand

Born in 1746, died in 1836 (Store Danske Encyclopædi)

Also known as Pierre Francois Mourier.

Family
Father: Mourier, Jean Ferdinand, priest at the French Reformed Church in Copenhagen.

Son: Mourier, Charles Adolph Denys

Daugthers: Mourier, Elisabeth Jacobine Vilhelmine & Mourier, Anne Marie.

Timeline
1763 about - Second Lieutenant from Landcadetakademiet. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

1766-68 about - Studied latin and math at the university in Göttingen. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

1768-69 - Accompagnied the young king Christian VII on a voyage to England and France. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

1770 - Married the daugther of a Dutch merchant living in Copenhagen. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129) His wifes name was Courtonne, Elisabeth Cornelia (Elvius & Hiort-Lorenzen, 1891, p. 197)

1770 - Accompagnied his father-in-law to Canton and Macao. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129) The merchant and supercargo Courtonne, Jaques Salomon. (Elvius & Hiort-Lorenzen, 1891, p. 197)

1770 - Listed as passenger on the DAC ship DRONNING SOPHIA MAGDALENA going to Canton along with a person named Courtonne. (DAC Roll Books)

1770 about - Started learning Chinese from the Spanish Augustine Monk Sylva, Juan Rodriguez de in China. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 132)

1779 - Listed as returning supercargo on the DAC ship KONGEN AF DANNEMARK returning to Copenhagen. (DAC Roll Books)

1785 - Returned to Denmark. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

1796 - Moved to Copenhagen, leaving the estate of Aagaard in western Sealand. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

Other
Friends with the Hong Merchant Chungqua who lived next door to the Danish factory in Canton. Mourier received letters and a painting from Chungqua even after his return to Denmark. Mourier's son had a copy of the portrait of Chungqua made, which is now in the Chinese pavillion in Frederiksberg Garden. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 133)