Henrik Schück (2 November 1855 – 3 October 1947) was a Swedish

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, university professor and author.

Biography

Johan Henrik Emil Schück was a professor at the

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1890–1898. He was a professor at

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from 1898 to 1920 and later Rector from 1905 to 1918. He was a member of the

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1913–1947, holding seat 3. He served as a member of the

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of the academy from 1920 to 1936. He was Chairman of the Board of the

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1918–1929. He was also a member of the

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and the

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. In 1880, Schück was one of the founders of the Swedish Literature Society in

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. He developed a reputation as a foremost literary historical researchers. He worked on the development of historic literature studies with university professor and librarian of the Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy, Karl Johan Warburg (1852-1918). They jointed edited ''Illustrerad svensk litteraturhistoria'' which covers Swedish literature for the period up to 1870. He also wrote a series of biographies of historic figures including

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, King

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as well as

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Selected works

*''William Schakspere, hans lif och verksamhet'', (1883–84) *''Skrifter i svensk litteraturhistoria'', (1887) *''Våra äldsta historiska folkvisor'', (1891) *''Lars Wivallius, hans lif och dikter'', 2 vol., (1893–95) * ''Allmän litteraturhistoria'', (several versions) * ''Bidrag till svensk bokhistoria'', (1900) * ''Engelbrekt'' (1915) * ''Illustrerad svensk litteraturhistoria'', three volumes; with Karl Warburg (1917–18)

References

Sources

* Johannesson, Hans-Erik and Lars Lönnroth (1990) ''Den Svenska Litteraturen VII'' *This article is fully or partially based on material from

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, ''Schück, Johan Henrik Emil 1855-1947''.

External links

Henrik SchückLIBRIS - Nationella bibliotekssystem
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schuck, Henrik 1855 births 1947 deaths Members of the Swedish Academy Swedish literary historians Uppsala University alumni Rectors of Uppsala University Academic staff of Lund University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Swedish people of Jewish descent Burials at Uppsala old cemetery