Georg Sverdrup
Georg Sverdrup (* as Jørgen Sverdrup April 25, 1770 in Nærøy , † 1850 in Aker , Oslo municipality ) was a Norwegian philologist , philosopher and politician .
His uncle was the Greenland missionary Jørgen Sverdrup (1732-1810).
Sverdrup received his university degree in Copenhagen in 1798. He became professor of Greek at the same university in 1805, from 1813 in Oslo and was there professor of philosophy from 1831 to 1841.
Sverdrup donated the first Norwegian university library. The University of Oslo was founded in 1811 and lasted until 1828. In 1828 the library contained 90,000 volumes. Sverdrup was a librarian here from 1813 to 1845. The new university library, which was completed in 1999, bears his name today.
Sverdrup represented Christiania (Oslo) at the Imperial Assembly of Eidsvoll on May 17, 1814 . He was the leading figure in the independence party. Sverdrup was a member of the constitutional committee and was also president of the imperial assembly. He was a member of the Storting from 1818 to 1824 and again from 1824 to 1826.
Web links
- Georg Sverdrup in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- Georg Sverdrup in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
- Georg Sverdrup at the Oslo University Library (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Odd Arvid Storsveen: Georg Sverdrup - 1 . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . September 29, 2014 ( snl.no [accessed February 22, 2020]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sverdrup, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sverdrup, Jørgen (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian philologist, philosopher and politician, member of the Storting |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nærøy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1850 |
| Place of death | Aker , Oslo Municipality |