Frederik Christian Eilschov (13 February 1725 – 15 October 1750) was a Danish philosopher. He is most noted for ''Fruentimmer-Philosophie'' (1749) and for ''Philosophiske Breve'' (1748). Eilschov was born at Rynkeby on the island of

Funen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as o ...

. He was the son of parish priest Laurids Christian Eilschou (1695-1764) and Cathrine Munderlov (1690-1766). In 1742 he became he began his education and 1746 he took received his master's degree from the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

. He resided at

Borchs Kollegium Borchs Kollegium, originally known as Collegium Mediceum, is a university dormitory situated on Store Kannikestræde in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the oldest dormitories of the University of Copenhagen. It was founded in ...

for the remainder of his life. Eilschov died at the age of 25 of smallpox and was buried in the cemetery at

Trinitatis Church The Trinitatis Church (''Trinitatis Kirke'') is located in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the 17th century Trinitatis Complex, which includes the Rundetårn astronomical observatory tower and the Copenhagen University Library, in add ...

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Works

*''Cogitationes de scientiis vernacula lingua docendis cum specimine terminologiae vernaculae'', 1747 *''Philosophiske Skrifter'', 1747 *''Philosophiske Breve over adskillige nyttige og vigtige Ting'', 1748 *''Fruentimmer Philosophie i tre Samtaler'', 1749

References

1725 births 1750 deaths People from Kerteminde Municipality University of Copenhagen alumni Danish philosophers Burials at Trinitatis Church {{Denmark-philosopher-stub