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Axel Smith
Axel or Axl Smith may refer to: * Axel Smith (topographer) (1744–1823), Norwegian priest and topographer * Axel Smith (chess player) (born 1986), Swedish chess player * (1856–1935), Norwegian parliamentary representative, shipowner, bank manager and mayor * Axl Smith (born 1984), Finnish former television presenter {{hndis, name=Smith, Axel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Smith (topographer)
Axel Christian Smith (8 May 1744 – 20 June 1823) was a Norwegian priest and topographer. He was born in Stavanger as a son of merchant Anders (Andreas) Smith (1716–1772) and his wife Sophia Amalia Prahl (1704–1765). He was married twice; his two wives were sisters. He was a great-grandson of artist Anders Lauritzen Smith and an ancestor of Chief Justice Carsten Smith. He enrolled at the University of Copenhagen in 1761, and graduated with the cand.theol. degree in 1768. He returned to Norway and worked in Vinger and Elverum before being hired as a curate in Elverum and Trysil in 1773. During his time, there was a significant growth of forestry in Trysil, and the area became a parish of its own in 1780. He is also credited with bringing the potato to the district. In 1785 he penned the topography, topographical-economical work ''Beskrivelse over Trysild Præstegjeld i Aggershuus Stift i Norge''. Even in modern times this has been used as a historical source. It was printed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Smith (chess Player)
Axel Smith (born 27 June 1986) is a Swedish chess player and author. Smith earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2016. He is the author or co-author of several chess books including ''Pump Up Your Rating'' (Quality Chess Quality Chess UK Ltd (known as Quality Chess) is a chess publishing company, founded in 2004 by International Master Ari Ziegler, Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard and Grandmaster John Shaw (chess player), John Shaw. The company is base ..., 2013) and ''The Woodpecker Method'' (Quality Chess, 2018). References External links * * 1986 births Living people Swedish chess players Chess grandmasters People from Ystad {{Sweden-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |