Peter Daniel Baade
Peter Daniel Baade (March 8, 1737 in Trondheim – October 25, 1823),[1] also known as Peter Daniel Både,[2] was a Norwegian theologian and jurist that worked in Trondheim and in Denmark. In 1768[3] he became the first librarian at the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
Background and professional life
Peter Daniel Baade was the son of Daniel Baade and Helle Marie Petersdatter Lange.[4] He graduated from Trondheim Cathedral School in 1755 and received a candidate of theology degree two years later. In 1762, he went to Copenhagen, where he continued his studies and received a candidate of law degree in 1764.
That same year he returned to Trondheim, where he was an assistant to Bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus. He joined the efforts to reorganize the Society of Sciences and Letters, he also made the first draft of its new statutes. In December 1767 he was named the society's first librarian, but in January 1768 he was appointed as a pastor in Lidemark and Bjæverskov and he immediately traveled there. In 1784 Baade became a vicar in Borgund, and a few years later he became dean of Sunnmøre. He retired in 1816 due to debility of old age.[5]
In 1773 he married Karen Friis Spliid (1745–1813), a pastor's daughter from Copenhagen.[6] He was a member of the election board for Romsdal County in the selection of delegates to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. Baade himself was chosen as a representative for Eidsvoll, but he declined the position due to his advanced age and the election board had to find another.[7][8]
Baade was a skilled and highly regarded cleric of the Enlightenment, with a mildly Orthodox orientation and an enthusiasm for culture. He maintained the school in good condition and was a pioneer in farming and gardening. For many years he was the chairman of Syndmøre Practical Agricultural Society (Norway's first of its kind) and had a knowledge of botany. Bishop Johan Nordahl Brun considered him the ablest provost in the diocese, and he was nominated by Brun for the Order of the Dannebrog (awarded in 1811). In 1819 he became a member of the Order of the Polar Star.[5] During a visitation, Brun noted that Baade, a friend of his since youth, was probably drunk, writing that Baade "did not speak very sensibly—I do not know if it was due to the impending dog day heat or the gifts of Bacchus." A few days later, Brun described Baade's sermon: "Baade expounded on 2 Corinthians 5:15 with exceptional depth and dogmatism. Today I have certainly heard the best speech since leaving Bergen, very brief but powerful."[9]
Baade owned land in the district, and during his visitation in 1803 Brun supported Baade at Hellesylt, where his property was.[9]
References
- ↑ Thrap, Daniel. 1884. Bidrag til den norske kirkes historie i det nittende aarhundrede, vol 1. Kristiania: Steen, p. 110.
- ↑ Buset, Johannes. 1935. Dativen i Sunnmørsmålet. Aalesund: Sundmørsposten's Bok- & Akcidenstrykkeri, p. 34.
- ↑ NTNU: Gunnerusbibliotekets historie.
- ↑ Bugge, Kristian. 1923. Aalesunds historie, vol. 1. Aalesund: Sundmørsposten's Bok- & Akcidenstrykkeri, p. 115.
- 1 2 Lampe, Johan Fredrik. 1895.Bergens Stifts Biskoper og Præster efter Reformationen: Biografiske Efterretninger. Kristiania: Cammermeyers Boghandel.
- ↑ Halvorsen, J.B. 1885. Norsk Forfatter-Lexikon 1814-1880: paa Grundlag af J.E. Krafts og Chr. Langes "Norsk Forfatter-Lexikon 1814-1856". Kristiania: Den Norske Forlagsforening.
- ↑ Lindstøl, Tallak. 1914. Stortinget og statsraadet. 1814-1914. De enkelte storting og statsraader. Kristiania: Steenske bogtrykkeri.
- ↑ Lindstøl, Tallak. 1892. Storthingsrepræsentanter og Suppleanter: 1814-1891: biografisk og kronologisk Fortegnelse. Kristiania: Tønsbergs Bogtrykkeri, p. 10.
- 1 2 Brun, Johan Nordahl: Visitasprotokoll 1794–1812. online publication