Gabriel Tammelin (''Gabriel Laurentii, Tammelensis'', ''Tammelinus'', February 24, 1641 - August 2, 1698) was vicar of Lohja, and a collector and translator of Finnish proverbs.
Biography
Tammelin was born in
Loimaa
Loimaa (; historical sv, Loimijoki) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is ...
, the son of
Laurentius Petri Aboicus, vicar of
Tammela, and his second wife, Brita Larsdotter. He matriculated at
the Royal Academy of Turku
The Royal Academy of Turku or the Royal Academy of Åbo ( sv, Kungliga Akademin i Åbo or ; la, Regia Academia Aboensis; fi, Turun akatemia) was the first university in Finland, and the only Finnish university that was founded when the country ...
in 1658 and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1664. Tammelin became assistant rector of
Turku Cathedral School
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; 16 ...
in 1667 and rector in 1670. He was elected as Vicar of Lohja in 1675. So he took office in 1677. He became
rural dean
In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective. ...
in 1693. Tammelin was also a member of the Estate of the Clergy in the
Riksdag
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...
of 1686.
Tammelin's first published work in Finnish was ''Christillinen muisto-kirja'', a translation of the ''Christliches Gedenkbüchlein'' by
Johann Jacob Schütz. He produced this at the suggestion of
Johannes Gezelius the younger
Johannes Gezelius the younger (6 September 1647–10 April 1718), also known as Johannes Gezelius den yngre in Swedish and Johannes Gezelius nuorempi in Finnish, was a theologian, professor at the Royal Academy of Åbo and Bishop of Turku between ...
, who had already translated it into Swedish. Tammelin next translated
Johann Gerhard
Johannes Gerhard (17 October 1582 – 17 August 1637) was a Lutheran church leader and Lutheran Scholastic theologian during the period of Orthodoxy.
Biography
He was born in the German city of Quedlinburg. During a dangerous illness, at the ...
's ''Meditationes sacrae'' (in Finnish, ''Pyhät tutkistelemuxet'') in 1680 - this would reach 15 editions by 1909.
Tammelin's father had assembled a collection of Finnish proverbs, which he called ''Liber Proverbiorum Fennicorum'', although he did not publish it. Gabriel Tammelin added to this collection, which was eventually published, with further additions, by
Henrik Florinus as ''Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut'' (''Customary and Beautiful Proverbs of the Old Finns'') in 1702.
[Hautala 1954, s. 49–50]
Tammelin married Anna Eriksdotter Pihlin in 1663. Their sons were
Lars Tammelin
Lars Tammelin (2 May 1669 – 2 July 1733) also known as Laurentius Gabrielis Tammelinus was a Finnish mathematician and prelate who was the Bishop of Turku from 1728 to 1733.
Biography
Tammelin was born on 2 May 1669 in Turku in the Swedish Emp ...
, bishop of Turku, and Henrik Tammelin, mayor of Helsinki. He died, aged 57, in
Lohja
Lohja (; sv, Lojo) is a city and municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland. The city has a population of 47,518 (2017), and it covers an area of of which , or 8.3 percent, is water. The population density of Lohja is . The municipality is ...
.
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Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1640-1852
References
External links
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Suomen Kansallisbiografia
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(in Finnish)
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17th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy
1641 births
1695 deaths