Church Church of Sweden Appointed 1744 Successor Henric Benzelius Education Uppsala University | Archdiocese Uppsala In office 1744-1747 Name Jakob Benzelius Children Mathias Benzelstierna | |
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Predecessor Erik Benzelius the younger Died June 19, 1747, Stockholm, Sweden Parents Margaretha Odhelia, Erik Benzelius the Elder Grandparents Henrik Jakobsson, Margareta Jonsdotter Similar People Erik Benzelius the young, Laurentius Petri, Olaus Magnus, Nathan Soderblom, Carl Linnaeus | ||
Jakob Benzelius (February 25, 1683, Uppsala – June 29, 1747) was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1744 to his death.
Jakob Benzelius studied at Uppsala University, graduated as filosofie magister (M.A.) in 1703 and, after a few years teaching in Uppsala, spent several years traveling and visiting foreign universities. He was professor of theology at Lund University 1718–1731, Bishop of Gothenburg 1731–1744 and succeeded his brother Erik Benzelius the Younger as archbishop in 1744. He was a learned man who wrote several influential books on theology that were used at the universities in Sweden for about a century.
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