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Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer

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Name
  
Johan Cammermeyer

Died
  
1819, Oslo, Norway



Education
  
University of Copenhagen

Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer (31 March 1730 – 7 February 1819) was a Norwegian priest.

Biography

He was born in Copenhagen, and studied at the University of Copenhagen. He graduated with the cand.theol. degree, and moved to Norway in 1754. He was a staunch Pietist and was influenced by Erik Pontoppidan. He is known as a curate in Bergen from 1775 to 1811, and also as the maternal grandfather of the famous poet Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven.

References

Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Wikipedia