Lars Tammelin (2 May 1669 – 2 July 1733) also known as Laurentius Gabrielis Tammelinus was a

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mathematician and prelate who was the

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from 1728 to 1733.

Biography

Tammelin was born on 2 May 1669 in

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in the

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, the son of Gabriel Larsson Tammelinus and Anna Eriksdotter Pihl. He began his studies in Turku and was enrolled at the academy in Turku in 1683. In 1698 he became a professor of mathematics at the

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. In August of the following year, he undertook a study trip through Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands where he enrolled at

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on 27 November 1698. He studied under the Cartesian mathematician and astronomer

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, and returned to Finland in the autumn term of 1699. In 1706 he was ordained priest and in 1717 he became vicar of

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. In 1728 he was appointed Bishop of Turku. He published the first Finnish calendars between 1705 and 1727."Tammelinsläkter"
Retrieved on 07 April 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tammelin, Lars Lutheran archbishops and bishops of Turku 1669 births 1733 deaths People from Turku Finnish Lutheran bishops 16th-century Finnish people 17th-century Finnish Lutheran bishops 17th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy