Anders Fryxell | |
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 Anders Fryxell, 1852 portrait byAlexander Wetterling | |
| Born | 7 February 1795 (inJulian calendar)  Edsleskogs parish |
| Died | 21 March 1881 (aged 86) |
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| Occupation | Historian,priest,writer,pedagogue, Protestant theologian |
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| Position held | seat 1 of the Swedish Academy (1841–1881),rector |
Anders Fryxell (7 February 1795 – 21 March 1881) was a Swedish historian.
Fryxell was born at Edsleskog,Dalsland, (now part ofÅmål Municipality,Västra Götaland County) on 7 February 1795. He was educated atUppsala University, took holy orders in 1820, was made aDoctor of Philosophy in 1821, and in 1823 began to publish the great work of his life, theStories from Swedish History. He did not bring this labor to a close until, fifty-six years later, he published the forty-sixth and crowning volume of his vast enterprise.[1]
Fryxell, as a historian, appealed to every class by the picturesqueness of his style and the breadth of his research; he had the gift of awakening to an extraordinary degree the national sense in his readers. In 1824 he published hisSwedish Grammar, which was long without a rival. In 1833 he received the title ofprofessor, and in 1835 he was appointed to the incumbency ofSunne, in thediocese of Karlstad, where he resided for the remainder of his life. In 1840 he was elected to theSwedish Academy in succession to the poetJohan Olof Wallin (1779–1839). In 1847 Fryxell received from his bishop permission to withdraw from all the services of the church, that he might devote himself without interruption to historical investigation.[1]
Among his numerous minor writings are prominent hisCharacteristics of Sweden between 1592 and 1600 (1830), hisOrigins of the Inaccuracy with which the History of Sweden in Catholic Times has been Treated (1847), and hisContributions to the Literary History of Sweden.[1]
It is now beginning to be seen that the abundant labors of Fryxell were rather of a popular than of a scientific order, and although their influence during his lifetime was unbounded, it is only fair to later and exacter historians to admit that they threaten to become obsolete in more than one direction.[1]
Fryxell was the founder of the progressive pioneer schoolWallinska skolan, the first serious secondary education girl school in Stockholm, and was its principal in 1831–1834.[2]
He was a member ofPro Fide et Christianismo, a Christian education society.[3]
On 21 March 1881 Anders Fryxell died in Stockholm, and in 1884 his daughter Eva Fryxell (born 1829) published from his MS. an interestingHistory of My History, which was really a literary autobiography and displays the persistence and tirelessness of his industry.[1]
He was elected a member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1847.[1]
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Gosse, Edmund (1911). "Fryxell, Anders". InChisholm, Hugh (ed.).Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 271.| Cultural offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Swedish Academy, Seat No 1 1840–1881 | Succeeded by |