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Östgöta Nation, Uppsala
Östgöta nation or ÖG, as it is called informally, is a student society and one of thirteen student nation, nations at Uppsala University. Though Östgöta nation had existed in various forms previously, the nation's constitution was drawn up on 8 November 1646 and that is now considered its official date of creation. The current nation building was completed in 1885 and renovated in 1996. The nation currently has about 2600 members, making it a mid-sized nation. Östgöta nation is, like all the other nations in Uppsala, run by students. Notable people who have been members of the nation include Tage Danielsson, and Jöns Jacob Berzelius. Axel Hägerström was Inspektor of the Östgöta nation from 1925 to his retirement in 1933. Inspektors ; Östgöta nation See also * Östgöta Nation, Lund [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrus Ekerman
Petrus may refer to: People * Petrus (given name) * Petrus (surname) * Petrus Borel, pen name of Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive (1809–1859), French Romantic writer * Petrus Brovka, pen name of Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka (1905–1980), Soviet Belarusian poet Other uses * Château Pétrus, a Pomerol Bordeaux wine producer * ''Petrus'' (fish), a genus of ray-finned fish * Petrus (beer), a brand of beer * Pétrus (restaurant), London * ''Pétrus'' (film), a 1946 French comedy film * Petrus, a band with Ruthann Friedman that performed in 1968 in the San Francisco area See also * Petrus killings, a series of executions in Indonesia between 1983 and 1985 * Petrus method, a speedcubing method * {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof August Danielsson
Olof August Danielsson (born 15 October 1852 in the District Hamari parish, Östergötland County; died 10 July 1933) was a Sweden, Swedish linguist and classical philologist. Olof August Danielsson was born to Daniel Danielsson, a shoemaker, and Anna Brita Olofsdotter. In 1870 Danielsson began his studies in Uppsala. In 1879 he was associate professor of Classical Languages at the university in Uppsala, and was professor of comparative linguistics (1883–1884) and Greek language and literature (1884–1891). He was appointed professor of classical languages at University of Gothenburg, although he never took up the appointment, becoming professor of Greek language and literature at Uppsala University instead. Danielsson was elected as a member of the Academy of Letters in 1901 and the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1905. Danielsson was unmarried. Danielson was a leading Etruscology, Etruscologist and resided at various times in Italy to examine and copy Etruscan inscriptions. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Sundberg (professor)
Carl Sundberg was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois Carthage is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 2,490 as of the 2020 census. Carthage is best known for being the site of the 1844 murder of Joseph Smith, who founded the Latter Day Saint ... for one season, in 1906, compiling a record of 3–2. Head coaching record References Year of birth missing Year of death missing Carthage Firebirds football coaches {{1900s-collegefootball-coach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frithiof Holmgren
Alarik Frithiof Holmgren (October 22, 1831 – August 14, 1897) was a Swedish physician, physiologist and professor at Upsala University, most noted for his research of color blindness. He was a vocal opponent of vivisection, and particularly the use of curare to immobilize subjects so they appeared peaceful while enduring great pain. Biography Holmgren was born in Östergötland, Sweden, where his father Anders was rector for the Motala-Vinnerstad parish. One of twelve siblings he studied at Linköping before going to Uppsala in 1850. From 1852 he served as a medical practitioner including during the 1846–1860 cholera pandemic, cholera pandemic in Norrköping and Söderköping. He graduated as a Medical Doctor from Uppsala University in 1861. He went to Vienna and studied under Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke who sent him to work with Carl Ludwig at Leipzig. He joined the faculty of Uppsala University and in 1864, was appointed professor of physiology, the first in Sweden. He resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Alfred Cornelius
Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of television series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * An informal nickname for a student or alum of Carleton College CARL may refer to: *Canadian Association of Research Libraries *Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries See also *Carle (other) *Charles *Carle, a surname *Karl (other) *Karle (other) Karle may refer to: Places * Karle (Svitavy District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic * Karli, India, a town in Maharashtra, India ** Karla Caves, a complex of Buddhist cave shrines * Karle, Belgaum, a settlement in Belgaum ... {{disambig ja:カール zh:卡尔 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Svanberg
Gustaf Svanberg (22 January 1802 – 21 November 1882) was a Swedish astronomer. He was a professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1842 to 1875, and prefect of the university's observatory between 1825 and 1878. During his tenure, Svanberg traveled to Germany to meet prominent astronomers of the time. After returning from the journey, he undertook efforts to improve the astronomical facilities at Uppsala. This included establishing geomagnetic research facilities to cooperate with Carl Friedrich Gauss, and building a new observatory in Uppsala, a project which was subject to political controversy at the time. The minor asteroid 8871 Svanberg is named after him. Early life and education Svanberg was born on 22 January 1802 in Botilsäter, Värmland, to parents Pehr Svanberg and Maria Odén. He attended primary school in Söderköping and secondary school in Linköping. Svanberg began studying at Uppsala University in 1819, achieving graduate and undergraduate degrees, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Fredrik Palmblad
Vilhelm is a masculine given name, the Scandinavian form of William and Wilhelm. Notable people with the name include: * Vilhelm Ahlmann (1852–1928), Danish-Swedish architect * Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953), Danish author, literary historian and intellectual * Vilhelm Andersson (1891–1933), Swedish water polo player and freestyle swimmer * Vilhelm Assarsson (1889–1974), Swedish diplomat * Vilhelm Aubert (1922–1988), Norwegian sociologist * Vilhelm Mariboe Aubert (1868–1908), Norwegian jurist * Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen (1909–1957), Danish painter, writer and art theorist * Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862–1951), Norwegian physicist, founder of modern meteorology * Vilhelm Bissen (1836–1913), Danish sculptor * Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh (1817–1888), Norwegian archivist * Vilhelm Bryde (1888–1974), Swedish actor and art director * Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954), Prime Minister of Denmark in 1942 and again in 1945 * Vilhelm Carlberg (1880–1970), Swedish Olympic champion sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jöns Svanberg
Jöns Svanberg (1771–1851) was a Swedish clergyman and natural scientist. Life He was born on 6 July 1771 in Ytterbyn, Sweden and died on 15 January 1851 in Uppsala, Sweden. Career He entered Uppsala University at the age of 16. He received his Ph.D. in 1794. In 1806, he became the professor of surveying and in 1811 he became the professor of mathematics at Uppsala University. In 1798, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. From 1803 to 1811, he was the secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1822, Svanberg was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Works * Honours He was the founder of Upsala Simsällskap, the Uppsala swimming society. The mountain Svanbergfjellet is named after him. See also * Physical crystallography before X-rays Physical crystallography before X-rays describes how physical crystallography developed as a science up to the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Rön ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Edvard Boethius
Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Patriarchs (Bible), Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother Esau, Jacob's paternal grandparents are Abraham and Sarah and his maternal grandfather is Bethuel, whose wife is not mentioned. He is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Then, following a severe drought in his homeland Canaan, Jacob and his descendants migrated to neighbouring Biblical Egypt, Egypt through the efforts of his son Joseph (Genesis), Joseph, who had become a confidant of the Pharaohs in the Bible, pharaoh. After dying in Egypt at the age of 147, he is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron. Per the Hebrew Bible, Jacob's progeny were beget by four women: his wives (and maternal cousins) Leah and Rach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
