Carl Wilhelm Böttiger

Carl Wilhelm Böt­tig­er was born on May 15, 1807 in Vasteras, Sweden. Carl re­ceived his Mas­ter of Arts de­gree in in Upssala in 1833. He be­came as­so­ci­ate pro­fess­or of prac­ti­cal phil­o­so­phy. He tra­veled in Ger­ma­ny, Aus­tria, It­a­ly and Franceand when he returned he lec­tured in Ger­man and Ital­ian li­ter­a­ture. Carl later be­came a pro­fess­or in lin­guis­tics and mo­dern li­ter­a­ture, but had to quit in 1867 because of eye prob­lems. He was long a not­ed writ­er of pa­tri­o­tic verse, but his great­est con­tri­bu­tion was as a teach­er and lit­er­ary schol­ar. He died on December 22, 1878 in Uppsala, Sweden.

NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/o/t/bottiger_cw.htm