Editing J. C. Jacobsen (section)

==Biography==
He had no formal academic or scientific training (although he had attended some lectures by [[Hans Christian Ørsted]]). In the 1840s, he had come to realise that production of beer, which had until then been done in numerous small [[brewery|breweries]], now had to be based on the scientific method in order to be industrialized.

Starting in 1847, he established his brewery Carlsberg in [[Valby]] on the outskirts of [[Copenhagen]], on a site where it has remained since. He named the brewery  after his son, [[Carl Jacobsen]]. Being extremely vigorous in the pursuit of producing high quality beer, he founded the [[Carlsberg Laboratory]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/H%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rk/Brygger/Carl_Jacobsen|title=  Carl Jacobsen|publisher= Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal  |author= Torben Holck Colding  |access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref> in 1875.

He took much interest in public affairs and supported the [[National Liberal Party (Denmark)|National Liberal Party]] – becoming gradually more conservative – both as a [[Member of the Folketing|Member of Parliament]] for some periods between 1854 and 1871 and as a strong supporter of the Danish defense. He served on the [[Copenhagen City Council]] from 1843 to 1857.<ref>{{Cite web|title=J.C. Jacobsen {{!}} lex.dk|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/J.C._Jacobsen|access-date=2021-12-02|website=Den Store Danske|date=7 May 2020 |language=da}}</ref> Moreover he was a well-known patron of the arts. After the fire of [[Frederiksborg Palace]] in 1859, he funded the reconstruction efforts.

In 1876, Jacobsen founded the [[Carlsberg Foundation]] ({{Lang|da|Carlsbergfondet}}) which he endowed with a controlling stake in Carlsberg, due to family tensions. A bitter conflict with his son Carl led to the latter's foundation of the {{Lang|da|Ny Carlsberg|italic=no}} (New Carlsberg) Brewery 1882. A reconciliation was however obtained in 1886.<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.carlsbergfondet.dk/da/Om-fondet/Carlsbergfondet/Introduktion-til-Carlsbergfondet    
|title= Carlsbergfondet – passion for perfektion|publisher = carlsbergfondet.dk|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref>

His son [[Carl Jacobsen]] collected one of the largest private art collections during his time. It is now housed in the [[Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek]], a museum founded by him in Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glyptoteket.dk/aba16797-8ba2-485d-81e3-b77f148de1da.W5Doc?frames=yes|title=Link from Glyptoteket.dk site about the collection|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619085919/http://www.glyptoteket.dk/aba16797-8ba2-485d-81e3-b77f148de1da.W5Doc?frames=yes|archive-date=2010-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=     https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/glyptoteket-gdk410562|title= Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek|publisher=visitcopenhagen.com|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref>