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Olaus Rudbeck

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During the course of a fire that destroyed most of Uppsala in 1702, a large portion of Rudbeck's writings was lost. Rudbeck himself directed the people of the city, shouting orders from a roof while his house burned down. He died the same year, shortly after the fire, and was buried in
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and Hebrew languages to his father's long list of fantastical linguistic relationships. A nephew of Olaus the Elder, Petter Rudebeck, also wrote antiquarian books going even further, purporting to locate the scene of the
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The above-mentioned David King noted that, while specific conclusions of father and son Rudbeck about the relationships of various languages to each other were disproven, they anticipated the later systematic study of
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accumulated over them â€“ which, though many of his conclusions were erroneous, anticipated the methods of modern archaeology and was far in advance of most historians and antiquarians of his time.
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Between 1679 and 1702, Rudbeck dedicated himself to contributions in historical-linguistics patriotism, writing a 3,000-page treatise in four volumes called
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Rudbeck's research led to the Queen's support of his career. To facilitate his studies of human anatomy, he had a
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had evolved. His work was criticized by several Scandinavian authors, including the Danish professor
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in the Spring of 1652. However, he did not publish anything about it until the fall of 1653, after
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History of the Language Sciences: An International Handbook on the Evolution of Language Sciences
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Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World
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The Nordic Languages: An International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages
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with Bartholin, Rudbeck remained a national icon in Sweden for many years. His son,
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of Europe. Rudbeck the Younger added speculations about the relationship between
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Despite the criticism targeting his linguistic theories and despite the
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and is documented as having shown his findings at the court of Queen
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in Swedish) where he purported to prove that Sweden was
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Olaus Rudbeck's anatomical theatre in the "Gustavianum"
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Rudbeck was active in many scientific areas, including
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Olaus Rudbeck as scientist and professor of medicine
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Index

Olof Rudbeck the Elder

Martin Mijtens the Elder
VÀsterÄs
Uppsala
Medicine
Uppsala University
Latinized
Uppsala University
rector magnificus
VÀsterÄs
Johannes Rudbeckius
Gustavus Adolphus
Olof Rudbeck the Younger
Carl Linnaeus
Rudbeck family
lymphatic system
Christina of Sweden
Thomas Bartholin
Gasparo Aselli
Jean Pecquet
cupola
Gustavianum
Theatrum anatomicum
Uppsala

Hesiod
Plato
Aristotle
Apollodorus

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