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Like the Guthries, the Strangs (or Strangh)—a Scottish
family likewise—have produced a series of Swedish
theologians. The first of them was Jacob Strangh, who was
born in Nyhammar’s Bruk on the 7th of February, 1697.
His father had settled there as a manufacturer in the time
of King Johann III. When fifteen, Jacob went to Upsala,
was diligent in his studies, and obtained his M.A. degree
in 1722. Six years later he was appointed Assistant
Head-master at Vesterås School, and, after his return from
a journey through Germany, Head-master. In the same
year, 1730, he was ordained, and rose to be Dean in 1745.
Loved by all for his honesty, praised for the faithful
discharge of his duties, and admired for his scholarship,
he died in 1756, on the 7th of December. Two of his
sons, Peter Olof and Jacob, rose to some eminence as
well; the former, a Doctor of Divinity, died in 1809
as the pastor of Skerike; the second became Dean
of Erköping in 1786, and chaplain to the Duke of
Östergöthland.
We have already spoken of Casten Rönnow, pastor
of Åhus.1 The story of the chimney reads very much
like a legend, but the fact remains that he stood in high
favour with the king, who lay for some time sick at the
Vicarage, and was nursed with great care and assiduity.
After his recovery he promised his host the next vacant
bishopric; but the promise remained unfulfilled, though
(Wittcm. 1682) and Informatio tenuissima de lectione et pronuntiatione
lingua Anglic a (Upsala 16—?). A third Guthrie, Andreas, was pastor at
Reval at the beginning of the XVIIIth century ; a fourth, Olof, born at
Falun in 1694, where his father was a merchant, studied at Upsala (1712),
went to Stockholm to his relations, and became a clergyman at the Clara
Church. He died in 1738. Cp. Riidlig, Det i Flor stående Stockholm,
(i. 132, ii. 159).
1 See Part I.
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