Erik Pontoppidan
Danish author
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Erik Ludvigsen Pontoppidan was a Danish author, a Lutheran bishop of the Church of Norway, a historian, and an antiquarian. His Catechism of the Church of Denmark heavily influenced Danish and Norwegian religious thought and practice for roughly... Wikipedia
Born: August 24, 1698, Aarhus, Denmark
Died: December 20, 1764 (age 66 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Books: The natural history of Norway, Epitome of Rev. Dr. Erick Pontoppidan's Explanation of Martin Luther's Small Catechism, The Natural History of Norway: ... In Two Parts. Translated From the Danish Original of the Right Revd. Erich Pontoppidan, ... Illustrated With Copper Plates, and a General Map of Norway. of 2; Volume 1, and more