Jacob Nicolai Møller
Norwegian philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Jacob Nicolai Møller, also known as Jacques-Nicolas Moeller was a Norwegian scientist and philosopher of the Romantic period. Life Møller was born in Porsgrund on 6 February 1777, the son of a doctor. After studying at Copenhagen University and gaining a reputation for brilliance, he passed the Danish civil service exam and was awarded a travel bursary to pursue further studies abroad in geology and mineralogy. For two years he and his friend Henrik Steffens studied together in Berlin and later in Freiberg, under the mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner. Møller then travelled to Paris, to study under René Just Haüy and Georges Cuvier, before rejoining Steffens at the University of Jena to sit at the feet of Friedrich Schelling.
