Nils Hesslén
Swedish bishop
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nils Hesslén was a Swedish bishop, university professor, and a founder of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Lund from 1805 to 1811. Biography Hesslén was born in Visseltofta, Scania, Sweden, to Måns Sunesson, a farmer and district judge and Sara Månsdotter. Hesslén's father hired a Norwegian student in the area to teach his son privately. His studies continued in Lund in 1745, where he received his magister degree in 1751. In 1755 he became docent in theology and in 1760 an adjunct professor. Hesslén was ordained in 1767. Awarded a doctorate in theology in 1769, he returned to Lund University in 1775 as the fourth professor of theology. He became first professor of theology and dean of Lund in 1794.
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