Hugo Fredrik Hjorthøy, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian topographer
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About Hugo Fredrik Hjorthøy
- Hugo Fredrik Hjorthøy (9 May 1741 – 29 August 1812) was a Norwegian priest and topographer. He was born in Klepp as the son of vicar Hugo Fredrik Hjorthøy (1700–1741) and his wife Inger Beata Schreuder (1705–1791).
- His father died before his birth, and hence Hjorthøy was sent to his mother's family in Fana.
- He was tutored by Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer.
- He studied at the University of Copenhagen, graduating with the cand.theol.
- degree in 1764.
- He was a curate in Flesberg from 1765 to 1768, and then worked in Denmark and on Danish ships from 1768.
- In 1771 he returned to Norway as vicar in Skien.
- He became vicar in Fron in 1774 and dean of Gudbrandsdalen in 1775.
- He was married to Bolette Marie Braag from November 1771 to her death in January 1776; he then married her sister Maren.
- He had three daughters and three sons in total.He published the topographical-economical work Physisk og Ekonomisk Beskrivelse over Gulbrandsdalens Provstie in two volumes in 1785 and 1786.
- This work is regarded as one of the best of its kind and age.
- Hjorthøy was finally a vicar in Nykirken, Bergen from 1783 to 1791, and in Sund from 1791 to his death in 1812.
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