Erik Pontoppidan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erik Pontoppidan

Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1698

Place of Birth: Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1764

Profession: naturalist, writer, priest, economist, ornithologist, theologian, university teacher, church historian, journalist, entomologist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Erik Pontoppidan (August 24, 1698 – December 20, 1764) was a Danish-Norwegian author, a Lutheran bishop of the Church of Norway, an historian, and an antiquarian.
His Catechism of the Church of Denmark heavily influenced Danish and Norwegian religious thought and practice for roughly the next 200 years after its 1737 publication.