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Thodal, Lauritz Andreas, 1718-1808 [Certificate issued by the Royal Icelandic Literary Society] [In Icelandic]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.807.05.01 Author/Creator: Thodal, Lauritz Andreas, 1718-1808 Place Written: Iceland Type: Document signed Date: 13 September 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 52.5 cm, Width: 39.1 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned signed by J. Johnson. States "Instituted for the promotion, extension, and advancement of useful knowledge in Iceland. We have chosen, and elected, and by this diploma do check and elect, the respectable, and well educated John Lorimer; Doctor of physic, and Fellow of the Society for the promotion of natural knowledge in London, a fellow of our Select Society..." Includes a Society seal. Possibly created in Reykjavík. Refer to GLC 1450.807.05.02 for an English translation, original written in Icelandic.

Thodal, Lauritz Andreas, 1718-1808
Johnson, J., fl. 1791
Lorimer, John, 1732-1795

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