Andersen, Hans Christian, a world-famous story-teller of Danish birth, son of a poor shoemaker, born at Odense; was some time before he made his mark, was honoured at length by the esteem and friendship of the royal family, and by a national festival on his seventieth birthday (1805‒1875).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Andermatt * Anderson, James