Marcus Wallenberg (Bishop)
Marcus Wallenberg (born June 24, 1774 in Linköping ; † September 22, 1833 there ) was a Swedish bishop and translator.
Life
Marcus Wallenberg was a son of Marcus Wallenberg (1744–1799) and his wife Sara Helena Kinnander. He studied in Uppsala from 1790 and received a master's degree in philosophy in 1797. In 1818 he received his doctorate in theology. Wallenberg had been Bishop of Linköping since 1819 .
Wallenberg translated Homer's Iliad (1814/15) and the Odyssey (1819/21) into Swedish. He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 1801 and a member of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies since 1821 .
Marcus Wallenberg was married to Anna Laurentia Barfoth (1783–1862). One of her sons was the founder of the bank, André Oscar Wallenberg . He married Anna Eleonara Charlotta von Sydow in 1861, his second marriage. Raoul Wallenberg was their great-grandson.
literature
- Marcus Wallenberg . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 31 : Ural vertex . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1921, Sp. 474-475 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Carl von Rosenstein |
Bishop of Linköping 1819 - 1883 |
Johan Jacob Hedrén |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wallenberg, Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish bishop and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linkoping |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1833 |
| Place of death | Linkoping |