Gerhard Schøning

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Norwegian historian antiquarian historian human

Gerhard Schøning was an 18th-century Norwegian historian and antiquarian regarded as one of the pioneers of Norwegian historical scholarship.

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Label	Occurrences
Gerhard Schøning canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norwegian historian ⓘ antiquarian ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ
burialPlace	Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	18th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Norway ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1722-05-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1780-07-18 ⓘ
describedAs	one of the pioneers of Norwegian historical scholarship ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Norwegian ⓘ
familyName	Schøning NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	antiquarian studies ⓘ history of Norway ⓘ
genre	historical writing ⓘ topographical description ⓘ
givenName	Gerhard NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later Norwegian historians ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Danish ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	Enlightenment-era historiography ⓘ
name	Gerhard Schøning NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	Norwegian ⓘ
notableFor	early systematic study of Norwegian medieval sources ⓘ pioneering Norwegian historical scholarship ⓘ
notableWork	Norges Riiges Historie NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	antiquarian ⓘ educator ⓘ historian ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Buksnes NERFINISHED ⓘ Lofoten NERFINISHED ⓘ Nordland NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	director of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters ⓘ professor at the Royal Frederick University ⓘ rector of Trondheim Cathedral School ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
studied	classical philology ⓘ history ⓘ
workLocation	Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ Trondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
wroteAbout	Norwegian medieval history ⓘ Norwegian topography ⓘ Old Norse history ⓘ

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Subject: Gerhard Schøning
Description of subject: Gerhard Schøning was an 18th-century Norwegian historian and antiquarian regarded as one of the pioneers of Norwegian historical scholarship.

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DKNVS → foundedBy → Gerhard Schøning ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters