Claes Annerstedt (7 June 1839 – 20 November 1927) was a

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historian and librarian. Claes Annerstedt SvUpp

Annerstedt became doctor of philosophy in 1869 and

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the same year. Between 1883 and 1904 he was head librarian (in essence the director of the whole library) at

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and he wrote several lauded works about the history of the library. In 1901 he became a member of the

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and in 1917 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology at

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. He served as an elected local politician in Uppsala between 1883 and 1907.

Sources

* Annerstedt, 4. Claes in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1904). * Annerstedt, 4. Claes in Herman Hofberg, ''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon'' (2nd ed., 1906). * Annerstedt, Claes in ''Vem är det 1925''. * Schück, H.: Claes Annerstedt in ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'' (1920) * ''Svenska män och kvinnor'', vol. 1, Stockholm 1942, p. 113 f. * ''Svenska Dagbladets årsbok'' – 1927, ed. Erik Rudberg & Edvin Hellblom, Åhlén & Åkerlunds Boktryckeri, Stockholm 1928 p. 236. * Rolf Lindborg, "Claes Annerstedt. (Gestalter ur svensk lärdomshistoria 5.)" Lychnos Lärdomshistoriska samfundets årsbok 1989. * Lars Munkhammar, "Ett sammanträffande." in: ''I lag med böcker. Festskrift till Ulf Göranson''. (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Acta Bibliothecae R. Universitatis Upsaliensis 44.) Uppsala 2013. ISSN 0346-7465 , p. 289-302. * Torgny Nevéus, "Att växa upp i 1800-talets lärda Uppsala. Om Claes Annerstedts yngre år." Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Skrifter rörande Uppsala universitet. B. Inbjudningar 167. Uppsala 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Annerstedt, Claes 1839 births 1927 deaths Swedish librarians Members of the Swedish Academy