Carl Schultén (1677 in

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– 1730 in

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) was a Swedish orientalist who was a professor and later the rector of the Academia Gustavo-Carolina (modern-day

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) in 1709,Piirimäe, H. 1982. ''Tartu Ülikooli ajalugu''. Tallinn: Valgus. Lk 283. and the rector for

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in 1721. He previously was the first ever professor of eastern languages at the university and later became the third ever professor of theology there. He was the son of Pastor Samuel Schultenius and Margareta Schultin, and his aunt was

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's wife. His brother, , was a professor in

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. One of his daughters was married to .

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Swedish orientalists 18th-century Swedish historians Rectors of the University of Tartu Academic staff of Lund University Academic staff of the University of Tartu 1677 births 1730 deaths People from Västmanland County {{Sweden-linguist-stub