Levin Möller

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Levin Möller , also Lewin Moeller , (born November 13, 1709 in Ryd , Skåne ; † November 22, 1768 in Linköping ) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian and mathematician.

Life

Levin Möller studied at Lund University from 1726 , where he received his master's degree in 1734 and lectured from 1735. Then he became a companion of the son of the Reichsrat Count Bielke . He then continued his studies at the University of Greifswald . There he became a professor of philosophy in 1742 and taught logic and metaphysics. In 1745 he published a French - Swedish dictionary .

Levin Möller received his doctorate in theology in 1750 under Jakob Heinrich von Balthasar . He gave lectures on theological sciences. After Johann Hermann Becker left , the third theological professorship at the university became vacant in 1751. Together with the professorship of theology, Levin Möller received the associated pastorate at the St. Jacobi Church in 1752 . In 1751 and 1752 he was rector of the college.

In 1763 or 1765 Levin Möller took over the post of provost at Linköping Cathedral . The consequences of a stroke recently forced him to remain inactive for long periods of time.

Levin Möller married Cicilia Helena Papke (1715–1745), daughter of the theologian Carl Papke, for the first time in 1743 .

Fonts (selection)

  • Nouveau Dictionnaire françois-suédois et suédois-françois: en ug Frantzösk och Svensk, including Svensk och Frantzösk Lexicon. Gottfried Kiesewetter, Stockholm and Uppsala 1745.

See also

literature

  • Diedrich Hermann Biederstedt : News of the life and writings of neo-Pomeranian-Rügen scholars from the beginning of the eighteenth century to 1822. Vol. 1, Friedrich Wilhelm Kunike, Greifswald 1824, p. 134.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Magnus Laurentius Ståhl: Biographiske Underrättelser om Professor vid Kongl. Universitetet i Lund. L. Littorins, Christianstad 1834, p. 118 ( GoogleBooks ).
  2. ↑ Martin Weibull: Lunds universitets historia: 1668-1863. Vol. 1, Part 2, Gleerup, Lund 1868, p. 365 ( GoogleBooks ).
  3. ↑ a b Nils Jörn: The origin of the professorships at Greifswald University between 1456 and 1815 . In: Dirk Alvermann, Nils Jörn, Jens E. Olesen (eds.): The University of Greifswald in the educational landscape of the Baltic Sea region . LIT, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0189-2 , p. 184, footnote 116.
  4. ↑ Domprostlängd. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 19, 2010 ; Retrieved December 27, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.linkopingsdomkyrka.se
predecessor Office successor
Siegfried Caeso of Aeminga Rector of the University of Greifswald
1751 and 1752 		Augustine by Balthasar
personal data
SURNAME Möller, Levin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moeller, Levin; Moeller, Lewin; Möller, Lewin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish theologian and mathematician, Provost of Linköping Cathedral
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1709
PLACE OF BIRTH Ryd , Skåne
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1768
Place of death Linkoping