Jens Christian Spidberg was a Norwegian theologian and priest. He served as a bishop of the Diocese of Christianssand from 1759 until 1762. He was also a noted cartographer and student of the natural sciences. He wrote a dissertation that tried to reconcile theology and the natural sciences. He particularly spent time studying the northern lights, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
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8 December 1684 Skiptvet, Norway
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Died |
4 April 1762 (aged 77) Christianssand, Norway
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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