Clemens Johannes Helin I or Johan Helin I (25 July 1679 – 16 February 1753) was a Swedish scholar in theology and linguistics. He is the earliest patriarch of the
Helin family
The Helin family (English pronunciation: hɛlɪn, also known as Helin - Bo in Stockholm, and as von Helin in Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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cadet branch and was one of the founders of (The Swedish Tongue Guild).
Biography
Clemens Johannes Helin I, born 25 July 1679, was the illegitimate child of
Philippe-Louis de Hénin, 7th Count of Bossu (1646–1688) 10th
Prince of Chimey, and
Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha, the daughter of Hetman
Kazimierz Jan Sapieha (german: Clemens Johannes Sapieha). He was half brother of
Jan Klemens Branicki.
Clemens Johannes Helin I was appointed as
Secretary of The Antiques Archives in 1725. Helin was commissioned for the establishment of the
Swedish Royal Academy by
Anders Johan von Höpken
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in 1739.
[''Svenska tungomålsgillet - Ett 1700-talssällskap med sörmländsk anknytning'', artikel av Kerstin Pettersson i Sörmlandsbygden 1989] Johan was primarily outspoken critic of the "natural sciences" and thus was not included as founding member.
Johan Helin l established Svenska Tungomålsgillet (The Swedish Tongue Guild), an opposition movement to the Swedish Royal Academy with theological support.
Frederick I of Sweden
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received a letter from the movement in 1740.
Due to the influence wielded by the Swedish Royal Academy within political circles, the Swedish Tongue Guild was a short-lived movement.
Johan is noted to have developed friendships with ,
Jacob Faggot
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, , , and other politically influential individuals during the movements span.
His eldest daughter Anna Christina Helin married Johan Cavallius owner of "Kölaboda säteri" and captain over the Kronoberg's Regiment.
Bibliography
* Władysław Konopczyński: Branicki Jan Klemens. W: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. 2: Beyzym Jan – Brownsford Marja. Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności – Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1936, s. 404–407. Reprint: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Kraków 1989,
Alina Sztachelska-Kokoczka ''Magnackie dobra Jana Klemensa Branickiego'', 2006
References
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1679 births
1753 deaths
Swedish theologians