| LC control no. | no 94022305 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Schøning, Gerhard, 1722-1780 |
| Variant(s) | Schøning, Gert, 1722-1780 |
| Associated country | Norway |
| Birth date | [1722-05-02,1722-05-03] |
| Death date | [1780-07-08,1780-07-18] |
| Place of birth | Lofoten (Norway) |
| Place of death | Copenhagen (Denmark) |
| Field of activity | History Education Theology |
| Profession or occupation | Historians Educators Theologians |
| Found in | Eggert Ólafsson. Ferðabók Eggerts Ólafssonar og Bjarna Pálssonar um ferðir þeirra á Íslandi árin 1752-1757, 1981: t.p. (Gerhard Schöning) Aschehougs konvers. leksikon, 1971 (Schøning, Gerhard, 1722-1780, Norwegian historian) LC in OCLC, 6-30-94 (hdg.: Schøning, Gerhard, 1722-1780) Wikipedia, Dec. 11, 2013: "Gerhard Schøning" (Gerhard Schøning; born May 2, 1722 on Skotnes farm in Buksnes, Lofoten [Islands]; died Jul.18, 1780; Norwegian historian and clergyman, son of Andreas Schøning and Martha Ursin, early education provided by local ministers, began formal schooling in 1739 in Trondhjem, and 1742 at university, passing theological exam in 1744 and magisterial exam in 1748; appointed rector at Trondhjem in 1750, and rector of Trondheim Cathedral in 1751; invited by bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus to collaborate in founding the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in 1758; appointed professor of rhetoric and history at the Søro University 1765; appointed head of the Royal Archives, Copenhagen, Aug. 23, 1775; married Fredrikke Hveding in 1756 (she died 1788), marriage childless) Norwegian Wikipedia, Dec. 11, 2013: "Gerhard Schøning" (Gerhard Schøning; born May 2, 1722 on Skotnes farm in Buksnes, Lofoten; died Jul.18, 1780) German Wikipedia, Dec. 11, 2013: "Gerhard Schøning" (Gerhard Schøning; born May 3, 1722 [thus] in Buksnes (near Vestvågøy), Nordland; died Jul. 8, 1780 in Copenhagen; this article is essentially based on Norsk biografisk leksikon) Norsk biografisk leksikon online, Dec. 11, 2013 (Gerhard Schøning; born May 3, 1722 [thus] in Buksnes (near Vestvågøy), Nordland; died Jul. 8, 1780 [thus] in Copenhagen; scholar and historian) Daae, L. Gerhard Schøning, en biographi, 1880 [online]; title page (Gerhard Schøning) page 1 ("This married couple had seven children, among whom the son Gert (Gerhard), who was born on the night of Skotnes Cross Fair in the spring, that is the 2nd or 3rd of May 1722 was the fifth in a row") page 65 (in September 1779 S. experienced inflammation of the abdomen and never quite the same thereafter; in June 1880 he was out in the country, but the next month experienced violent haemorrhaging and died on the 18th of July, and buried in the Church of our Lady) page 70 (Jul. 18, 1781, the anniversary of his death) |
| Associated language | nor |
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