Thure Weidman
ChurchChurch of Sweden
DioceseDiocese of Skara
In office1789–1828
Personal details
Born(1744-12-15)15 December 1744
Gladsax Parish, Scania, Sweden
Died15 August 1828(1828-08-15) (aged 83)
Skara, Sweden

Thure Weidman (15 December 1744 – 15 August 1828) was a Swedish professor at Lund University and bishop of the Diocese of Skara.

Biography

Weidman was born in Gladsax Parish, Scania.[1] He began his studies in Lund in 1756, received his master's degree in philosophy with high honors in 1766, was hired the same year as a library instructor and was appointed as docent in 1767 in literary history and later in ethics. He became an adjunct in 1771 in Oriental languages and Greek at Lund University and was promoted to the role of professor in the same subjects in 1776. Three years later he was transferred to a professorship in the theological faculty and held the chair until being appointed to bishop of the Diocese of Skara in May 1789. He served as bishop until 1828.[2] His writings are confined almost exclusively to dissertations on theological and philological content. Weidman was inspektor of Blekingska Nation at Lund University from 1787 to 1789, succeeding Sven Lagerbring.[3]

He died in Skara in 1828.

Family

Weidman married Inga Lovisa von Celse (1755–1811), daughter of his friend and fellow bishop Olof Celsius the Younger.[4][5] Their children were ennobled with the name Lagerheim[6] in 1805. Weidman's siblings included priest Pehr Gottfrid Weidman, mayor Lars Johan Weidman, and Olaf Elias Weidman, who was later knighted and took the surname Lagerheim.[1]

References

This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.

  1. 1 2 "Lagerheim, släkt". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  2. ↑ Torgerson, Britt (2016). "Thure Weidman – en biskop av sin tid" (PDF). Skara stiftshistoriska sällskap medlemsblad (in Swedish). Vol. 1, no. 24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  3. ↑ "Inspektorer och Kuratorer". Blekingska Nationen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  4. ↑ Holm, Rurik. "Olof d.y. Celsius". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  5. ↑ Hellström, Gunnar. "34. Olof Celsius 1775–1779". Stockholms stads herdaminne från reformationen intill tillkomsten av Stockholms stift (in Swedish). pp. 444–446. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-25 – via Project Runeberg.
  6. ↑ Torgerson, Britt (2016). "Thure Weidman – en biskop av sin tid". Skara stiftshistoriska sällskap medlemsblad (in Swedish). Vol. 1, no. 24.
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