Hieronymus Heyerdahl (31 August 1773 – 6 March 1847) was a Norwegian minister and politician.
''Hieronymus Heyerdahl (1773–1847)'' (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
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Hieronymus Heyerdahl was born in Aremark
Aremark is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby.
Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymar ...
in Østfold
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county, Norway. He attended Christiania Latin School from which he graduated in 1790. After studying at the University of Copenhagen
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, he earned his theological
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degree in 1794. He served a parish priest for more than 50 years. He served as minister in Stjørdalen
Stjørdalen is a valley and a traditional district in Trøndelag county, Norway. The valley follows the Stjørdalselva river from the Norway-Sweden border to the west where it empties into the Trondheimsfjorden. The valley traverses Stjørda ...
from 1812, and in Gran
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*Grandmother, affectionately known as "gran"
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from 1835, where he remained until his death in 1847.Norwegian Constituent Assembly
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in 1814, together with Hans Christian Ulrik Midelfart
Hans Christian Ulrik Midelfart (22 July 1772 – 1 December 1823) was a Norwegian Lutheran minister who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly in 1814.
Hans Christian Ulrik Midelfart was born in the Byneset par ...
and Sivert Bratberg
Sivert Paulsen Bratberg (11 June 1780 – 27 June 1816) was a Norwegian farmer and teacher. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.
Sivert Pålsson Bratberg was born on Bratberg øvre, a farm near the village ...
. He published scientific works on mineralogy
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(''Bidrag til en mineralogisk-geognostisk Beskrivelse over Ringsager og Thotens Præstegjælde'' from 1811), and on meteorology
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(''Meterologiske Iagttagelser 1825 i Størdalens Præstegjæld'').
References
External links
Hieronymus Heyerdahl, Eidsvollsmann
1773 births
1847 deaths
People from Aremark
Fathers of the Constitution of Norway
Order of the Dannebrog
University of Copenhagen alumni
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
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