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Lars Tammelin (2 May 1669 – 2 July 1733) also known as Laurentius Gabrielis Tammelinus was a Finnish mathematician and prelate who was the Bishop of Turku from 1728 to 1733.

Biography

Tammelin was born on 2 May 1669 in Turku in the Swedish Empire, the son of Gabriel Larsson Tammelinus and Anna Eriksdotter Pihl. He began his studies in Turku and was enrolled at the academy in Turku in 1683. In 1698 he became a professor of mathematics at the Royal Academy of Turku. In August of the following year, he undertook a study trip through Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands where he enrolled at Leiden University on 27 November 1698. He studied under the Cartesian mathematician and astronomer Burchard de Volder, and returned to Finland in the autumn term of 1699.

In 1706 he was ordained priest and in 1717 he became vicar of Västerfärnebo. In 1728 he was appointed Bishop of Turku. He published the first Finnish calendars between 1705 and 1727.

References

1. "Tammelinsläkter". Retrieved on 07 April 2019.

v t e Archbishops of Turku
Pre-Reformation Catholic Church in Swedish Finland (1164–1554), Protestant Church of Sweden (1554–1817), Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (1817—present)
12th century	Rodulff Fulco
13th century	Thomas Bero Ragvald Catillus Johannes
14th century	Magnus Ragvald II Benedictus Hemming Henricus Hartmanni Johannes Petri Johannes Westfal Bero Balk
Reformation	Mikael Agricola Petrus Follingius Paulus Juusten Ericus Erici Sorolainen
17th century	Isaacus Rothovius Aeschillus Petraeus Johannes Terserus Johannes Gezelius the elder
18th century	Johannes Gezelius the younger Herman Witte Lars Tammelin Jonas Fahlenius Johannes Browallius Carl Fredrik Mennander Jakob Haartman Jakob Gadolin
19th century	Jakob Tengström Erik Gabriel Melartin Edvard Bergenheim Torsten Thure Renvall
20th century	Gustaf Johansson Lauri Ingman Erkki Kaila Aleksi Lehtonen Ilmari Salomies Martti Simojoki Mikko Juva John Vikström
21st century	Jukka Paarma Kari Mäkinen Tapio Luoma

• Lutheran archbishops and bishops of Turku
• 1669 births
• 1733 deaths
• People from Turku
• Finnish Lutheran bishops
• 16th-century Finnish people
• 16th-century mathematicians
• 17th-century Finnish Lutheran bishops
• 17th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy
• Leiden University alumni