Erik Pontoppidan, bishop of Bergen

(1698-1764)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Pontoppidan, Erich, 1698-1764 LBT ID: ErPonto1764 VIAF ID: 42182442 LOC ID: n85049390	B/BAP: 1698-08-24 DIED: 1764-12-20
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Danish antiquary, theologian, and topographical writer; he was appointed bishop at Bergen in 1747.
REFERENCES TO Erik Pontoppidan, bishop of Bergen: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IV 1814 Found 1: ¶ 26