Samuel Gustaf Hermelin
Illustration — Samuel Gustaf Hermelin, 1877 Samuel Gustaf Hermelin (4 April 1744, Stockholm – 4 March 1820) was a Swedish industrialist, diplomat and cartographer. Samuel Gustaf also belonged to the Swedish nobility. He attended the University of Uppsala for mining.
Samuel Gustaf Hermelin
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- 1744 · Stockholm.
- Died
- 1820 · Jakob and Johannes parish.
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- Sweden
- Occupation
- cartographer · diplomat · businessperson
- Education
- Uppsala University
- Honours
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
- Languages
- Swedish
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Illustration — Samuel Gustaf Hermelin, 1877 Samuel Gustaf Hermelin (4 April 1744, Stockholm – 4 March 1820) was a Swedish industrialist, diplomat and cartographer. Samuel Gustaf also belonged to the Swedish nobility. He attended the University of Uppsala for mining.
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In 1782, he went to the United States to study the mining operations and served as the first Swedish ambassador to the United States. He eventually moved back to Sweden and owned a mining company in Lapland. Samuel Gustaf was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1784. In 1785, he was elected an international member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.
Samuel Gustaf Hermelin is recorded as having received Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Knight of the Order of the Polar Star.
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1744
Samuel Gustaf Hermelin was born in 1744 at Stockholm.
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Samuel Gustaf Hermelin died in 1820 at Jakob and Johannes parish.
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Samuel Gustaf Hermelin received Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Knight of the Order of the Polar Star. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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