KARL See also:

• JONAS, JUSTUS (1493–1555)

JONAS See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

LUDWIG See also:

• KARL JONAS LUDWIG ALMQVIST (1793-1866)

ALMQVIST (1793-1866)  , See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm in 1793 . He became a student at See also:

• UPSALA, or UPPSALA

Upsala, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, in 18o8, and took his degree in 1815 . He began See also:

• LIFE

life under highly favour-able auspices; but becoming tired of a university career, in 1823 he threw up the position he held in the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends to the wilds of Wermland . This ideal Scandinavian life soon proved a failure; See also:

• ALMQVIST, KARL JONAS LUDWIG (1793-1866)

Almqvist found the See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen easier to wield than the plough, and in 1828 he returned to Stockholm as a teacher in the new Elementary School there, of which he became See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector in 1829 . Now began his See also:

• LITERARY

literary life; and after bringing out several educational See also:

• WORKS

works, he made himself suddenly famous by the publication of his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of novels, called The See also:

• BOOK

Book of the See also:

• THORN (O. Eng. porn, cf. Du. doorn, Ger. Dorn, &c)
• THORN (Polish Torun)

Thorn-See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

Rose (1832-1835) . The career so begun See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed with extraordinary rapidity ; few writers have equalled Almqvist in productiveness and versatility; lyrical, epic and dramatic poems; romances; lectures; philosophical, aesthetical, moral, See also:

• POLITICAL

political and educational See also:

• TREATISES

treatises; works of religious edification, studies in lexicography and See also:

• HISTORY

history, in See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics and See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology, See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the most prominent of his countless contributions to See also:

• MODERN

modern Swedish literature . So excellent was his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, that in this respect he has been considered the first of Swedish writers . His life was as varied as his See also:

• WORK

work . Unsettled, unstable in all his doings, he passed from one lucrative See also:

• POST

post to another, at last subsisting entirely on the proceeds of literary and journalistic labour . More and more vehemently he espoused the cause of See also:

• SOCIALISM

socialism in his brilliant novels and See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets; friends were beginning to leave him, foes beginning to See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph, when suddenly all See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism was silenced by the astounding See also:

• NEWS

news that Almqvist, convicted of See also:

• FORGERY (derived through the French from Latin fabricare, to construct)

forgery and charged with See also:

• MURDER

murder, had fled from See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden . This occurred in 1851 . For many years no more was heard of him; but it is now known that he went over to See also:

• AMERICA

America and settled in St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis .

During a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey through See also:

• TEXAS

Texas he was robbed of all his See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, among which are believed to have been several unprinted novels . He is said to have appealed in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln, but the robbers could not be traced . The See also:

• AMERICAN

American adventures of Almqvist remain exceedingly obscure, and some of the most remarkable have been proved to be fabulous . In 1865 he returned to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and his See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange See also:

• ALMUCE

ALMUCE and sinister existence came to a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close at See also:

• BREMEN

Bremen on the 26th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1866 . It is by his romances, undoubtedly the best in Swedish, that his literary fame will mainly be supported; but his singular history will always point him out as a remarkable figure even when his works are no longer read . He was another See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene See also:

• ARAM, EUGENE (17o4-17J9)

Aram, but of greater See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, and so far more successful that he escaped the judicial See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty of his crimes . (E .