About Hedvig Eleonora Klingenstierna
Lived 1660 – 1720 (aged 59–60). Hedvig Eleonora Klingenstierna was an academic and scholar.
Hedvig Eleonora Beata Klingenstierna (born 1660), was a Swedish noblewoman. She was the first woman to give a lecture at a Swedish university.
A daughter of the bishop of Gothenburg, Zacharias Klingius, who was ennobled as Klingenstjerna, she was known as "a savant in skirts" for her great learning. She wrote an oration in Latin and gave a lecture at Linköping University, something unique for her gender in the age and likely the first woman to have done so in Northern Europe.
Klingenstierna married an Ensign Broman of the Dalarna Regiment.
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Who was Hedvig Eleonora Klingenstierna?
Swedish noblewoman and lecturer
When was Hedvig Eleonora Klingenstierna born?
Hedvig Eleonora Klingenstierna was born in 1660 in Sweden.
When did Hedvig Eleonora Klingenstierna die?
Hedvig Eleonora Klingenstierna died in 1720.
What was Hedvig Eleonora Klingenstierna's occupation?
Hedvig Eleonora Klingenstierna was an academic and scholar.
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