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Erik Benzelius The YoungerErik Benzelius the younger (January 27, 1675 - September 23 1743), was a priest, theologian, librarian, eventually the archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1742-1743, and one of Sweden's most notable Enlightenment figures. As his name implies, he was the son of Erik Benzelius the elder. The elder Erik also held the office of archbishop, he was a most learned man who had studied in universities around Europe and he was also a professor of theology at the University of Uppsala. Like his father, the young Erik first studied at Uppsala and then undertook a travel through Europe. This was not uncommon for ambitious and somewhat wealthy people during the era. The academical world had gained in importance as had sciences, and many notable people were found at the universities in Europe. Erik met among others Leibniz and Malebranche. He also spent a great deal of time studying books and scripts from large and old libraries, and he bought or copied several of them. Returning to Uppsala in 1702, he was appointed librarian at the Univeristy of Uppsala. Being fond of books, he expanded the library's collection. He then studied to priest and became ordained in 1709. He also continuously kept in contact with learned men from Europe, not to forget the learned men in Uppsala he also paid his respect to. These were bothanics, mathematicians, historians and scientists of other faculties. He married Anna Svedberg in 1703. She was daughter of the Swedish clergyman Jesper Swedberg and brother of the scientist (and later mystic) Emanuel Swedenborg. Erik was a benefactor of Emanuel, and perhaps the only person to pay due respect to his scientific discoveries. Erik was a supporter of all kinds of knowledge and discoveries, a child of his time; these were flourishing through Europe at the time, connected to names like Newton, Leibniz, Copernicus and Descartes. External links Benzelius, Erik the younger
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