About Joannes Olaus Alnander
Lived 1694 – 1737 (aged 42). Joannes Olaus Alnander was a Swedish writer and priest.
Joannes Olaus Alnander (Johan Olaf Alnander), (1694–1737), author of the History of Printing in Sweden (Historiola artis Typographicae in Suecia, Uppsala, 1722), was born towards the end of the seventeenth century, at Norrköping. An analysis of this work is described in Acta Eruditorum Lipsiens. Supplem. viii. 506. Another work by him, published at Uppsala in 1721, is titled Notitiæ Litterariæ sectionis primæ pars III. exhibens res Judæorum, etc. Praes. E. Benzelius.
His son, Samuel Johansson Alnander, was an accomplished theologist and writer.
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Who was Joannes Olaus Alnander?
Swedish writer
When was Joannes Olaus Alnander born?
Joannes Olaus Alnander was born on 3 August 1694 in Kristbergs parish.
When did Joannes Olaus Alnander die?
Joannes Olaus Alnander died on 30 July 1737 in Kimstad parish.
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Joannes Olaus Alnander was a writer and priest.
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Joannes Olaus Alnander was Swedish.
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