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BARON BERNHARD VON BESKOW (1796-1868) , See also: Swedish dramatist and historian, son of a See also: Stockholm See also: merchant, was See also: born on the 19th of See also: April 1796
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His vocation for literature was assisted by his tutor, the poet Johan See also: Magnus Stjernstolpe (1777-1831), whose See also: works he edited
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He entered the See also: civil service in 1814, was ennobled in 1826 and received the title of baron in 1843
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He held high appointments at See also: court, and was, from 1834 onwards, perpetual secretary of the Swedish See also: academy, using his See also: great influence with tact and generosity
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His See also: poetry is over-decorated, and his plays are grandiose See also: historical poems in dramatic See also: form
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Among them are " Erik XIV." (2 parts, 1826); and four pieces collected (1836-1838) as Dramatiska Studier, the most famous of which is the tragedy of " Thorkel Knutsson." His works include many academical See also: memoirs, volumes of poems, philosophy and a valuable historical study,
Om Gustav den Tredje sdsom konung och menniska (5 vols
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186o-186q, " Gustavus III. as See also: king and
See also: man "), printed in the transactions of the Swedish Academy (vols
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32, 34, 37, 42, 44)
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He died on the 17th of See also: October 1868
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See also a See also: notice by C
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D. of Wirsen in his Lefnadsieckningar (Stockholm, 1901)
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