Jakob Jonas Björnståhl

Swedish orientalist
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IntroSwedish orientalist
PlacesSweden
wasEducator
Work fieldAcademia
Gender
Male
Birth23 January 1731, Södermanland County, Sweden, Union between Sweden and Norway
Death12 July 1779Thessaloniki, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia Region, Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace (aged 48 years)
Star signAquarius
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Biography

Jakob Jonas Björnståhl (born January 23, 1731, in Rotarbo, died July 11, 1779, in Thessaloniki), Swedish orientalist and Greek philologist from the Lund University. He was a manuscript collector (minuscule 901, minuscule 902, and minuscule 1852).

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