Bishop Johannes Rudbeckius or ''Johannes Rudbeck'' (April 3, 1581–August 8, 1646), was

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, Sweden from 1619 until his death and personal chaplain to King

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Biography

Johannes Rudbeck was born in Ormesta, Almby parish, outside

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, Sweden. He was the son of Johan Pedersson Rudbeck (1550-1603) and Christina Pedersdtr Bose. He was a student at

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in 1598 and at

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received his

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in 1693. He was a professor of mathematics at Uppsala from 1604, professor of Hebrew from 1609 and professor of theology from 1611. He was made Bishop in the