Tessin, Carl Gustaf, 1695-1770
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Name (Latin)
Tessin, Carl Gustaf, 1695-1770
Other forms of name
Tessin, Carl Gustaf, Grefve
Carl Gustaf, Comte de Tessin
Géant borgne, 1695-1770
Tessin, comte de, 1695-1770
Tessin, Karl Gustaf, 1695-1770
Date of birth
1695-09-05
Date of death
1770-01-07
Place of birth
Stockholm (Sweden)
Place of death
Södermanlands län (Sweden)
Associated country
France
Field of activity
Sweden--Politics and government
Associate group
Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien
Occupation
Ambassadors
Diplomats
Politicians
Authors
Associated Language
swefre
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Scheffer, C. Lettres particulières à Carl Gustaf Tessin, 1744-1752, 1982:t.p. (Carl Gustaf Tessin) p. 5 (le comte Carl Gustaf Tessin, 1695-1770)
- Tessin, Carl Gustaf. Faunillane, ou L'infante jaune, 1741, via Gallica, Oct. 1, 2014:preliminary page 8 (dedication signed: Le geant borgne) manuscript note in BnF copy (by the comte de Tessin, Swedish ambassador in France)
- Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes:v. 2, col. 437 (Faunillaune, ou L'infante jaune is by the comte de Tessin, Swedish ambassador extraordinary to France)
- Nordisk familjebok, 1919, via Project Runeberg, Oct. 1, 2014(Karl Gustaf Tessin, greve, statesman and art patron, born 5 September 1695 in Stockholm, died 7 Januari 1770 at Åkerö)
- Swedish Wikipedia, Oct. 1, 2014(Carl Gustaf Tessin, born 5 september 1695, died 7 januari 1770; Swedish count (greve); member of the orders of the Seraphim, the Sword and the North Star; diplomat, politician; ambassador in Paris, 1739-1742; chancellery president (head of the Swedish government), 1746-1752; art collector; son of the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger; author of works in French and Swedish, including Faunillane, and of published speeches in Swedish)
- Wikipedia, Oct. 1, 2014(Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695-7 January 1770), Swedish politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger; prominent representative of French culture in Sweden; orator; born in Stockholm; elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1741; died at his estate at Åkerö Manor, Södermanland, Sweden)