Johannes Browallius

Physicist, Deceased Person

1707 – 1755

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Who was Johannes Browallius?

Johannes Browallius was a Finnish and Swedish Lutheran theologian, physicist, botanist and one-time friend of Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus.

He was a Professor of Physics from 1737–46, Professor of Theology 1746–49 and was the Bishop of Turku, then a diocese of the Church of Sweden, and Vice-Chancellor of The Royal Academy of Turku from 1749 until his death in 1755.

He was an elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1740.

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Born
Aug 30, 1707
Västerås
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Died
Jul 25, 1755

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on July 23, 2013

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