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on 1 August 1893, Astrid Friis was the daughter of the engineer Ludvig
Christian Friis (1864–1932) and his wife Ane née Fuglsang (1870–94). Her mother died while she was an infant and her father emigrated to Australia a few years later, leaving his two daughters to be brought up by their paternal
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which examined the history of trade and commerce in 17th-century
Britain. She later turned to Danish history writing biographies of officials and merchants from the 16th and 17th centuries. From 1942, she edited the
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A History of Prices and Wages in
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