Julius Erici Micrander Uplandiensis (December 25, 1640 – 1702) was a Swedish professor, member of the

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, and vicar with the

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Biography

Micrander was born in the rectory of Bro Church in

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, Sweden. His father was Ericus Georgi Micranderan, vicar in Tierp parish and his mother was Benedicta Eriksdotter. By age 10, Micrander was a student at

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. At age 28, he was studying for a

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with the ''De educatione liberorum''. In 1687, Micrander received his second professorship in

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. In 1676, Micrander was appointed as extraordinary professor of Greek, becoming a professor the next year. In 1685, university Chancellor

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(1622–1686) appointed Micrander professor of

. Micrander was ordained as a priest in the

and became vicar of Vaksala Church in Uppsala. He became involved in the Cartesian controversy at the university. Orthodox Aristotelian supporters, such as Micrander, believed that

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's philosophy threatened the purity of the Christian faith. Micrander was influenced by the German theologian Johann Adam Osiander (1622-1697) and published his strongly anti-Cartesian ''Collegium theologicum in præcipuas Controversies theo Logica habitum Olim'' in Sweden during 1690. Micrander was a member of parliament in 1689 (again in 1697). In 1694, he was appointed superintendent of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Micrander, Julius 1640 births 1702 deaths Swedish theologians Rectors of Uppsala University Academic staff of Uppsala University 17th-century Protestant theologians 17th-century Swedish Lutheran priests