HEYSIG, JOHAN [SSNE 7792]

Surname

HEYSIG, HEJSIG, RIDDARSTJERNA

First name

JOHAN

Nationality

SWEDISH

Social status

NOBILITY

Education

UNIVERSITY

Religion

LUTHERAN

Text source

Johan Hejsig was a scholar who travelled to England in the company of Baron Axel Ericsson Sparre in 1681 as part of the pair's grand tour. Hejsig is best rememberred for his donation of books to Oxford in 1683.

 

William Poole and Kelsey Jackson Williams, 'A Swede in Restoration Oxford: Gothic Patriots, Swedish Books, English Scholars' in Lias: Journal of Early Modern Intellectual Culture and its Sources, Vol. 39/1 (2012), pp.1-67

Service record

SWEDEN, OXFORD

Arrived 1681-10-01

Capacity ACADEMIC, purpose ACADEMIC