Carl Fredrik Mennander (sometimes modernised as ''Karl Fredrik Mennander'', often just ''C.F. Mennander'') (19 July 1712,
Stockholm
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– 22 May 1786) was
Bishop of Turku
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,
Finland, from 1757–1775 and then
Archbishop of Uppsala
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in the
Church of Sweden from 1775 to his death.
He arrived as a student at the
University of Uppsala in 1731 and got acquainted with the botanist
Carl Linnaeus. In 1735 he travelled to
Turku,
Finland, and finished his education with a
Master of Arts. He stayed in Turku for fifteen years, and made several important improvements there within the school system and hospital facilities.
He was ordained priest, and also had a professorship in physics. In 1757 he was consecrated
Bishop of Turku
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. In 1775 he was elected
Archbishop of Uppsala
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by the cathedral chapter and settled in Uppsala.
He became highly engaged in the matters of the
Uppsala University and published many disputations, speeches and dissertations. At his death, he had gathered one of the finest book collections of his time. He was a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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from 1744. Mennander was also a member of
Pro Fide et Christianismo, a Christian education society.
See also
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List of Archbishops of Uppsala
References
Nordisk familjebok (1913), article Mennander
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mennander, Carl Fredrik
1712 births
1786 deaths
People from Stockholm
Lutheran archbishops of Uppsala
18th-century Lutheran archbishops
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Lutheran archbishops and bishops of Turku
Age of Liberty people