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Benjamin Dass (15 August 1706 – 5 May 1775) was a Norwegian educator and scholar who served as Rector of Trondheim Cathedral School. Dass was born at Skar farm (Skar i Alstahaug) in Herøy, Nordland, Norway. He was the son of Jacob Benjaminsson Dass and Maria Volquartz. His father was a nephew of poet-priest Petter Dass (1647-1707). His mother was a sister of Marcus Carstensen Volqvartz (1678–1720) who was a priest in Trondheim. In 1719, Thomas von Westen (1682–1727), who had founded the Seminarium Lapponicum in Trondheim, took an interest in him and had him enrolled at the Trondheim Cathedral School. In 1726, he entered the University of Copenhagen. Towards the end of his nine-year stay in Copenhagen, he was admitted to Borchs Kollegium where he came in contact with Hans Gram (1685–1748) w

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  • Benjamin Dass (15 August 1706 – 5 May 1775) was a Norwegian educator and scholar who served as Rector of Trondheim Cathedral School. Dass was born at Skar farm (Skar i Alstahaug) in Herøy, Nordland, Norway. He was the son of Jacob Benjaminsson Dass and Maria Volquartz. His father was a nephew of poet-priest Petter Dass (1647-1707). His mother was a sister of Marcus Carstensen Volqvartz (1678–1720) who was a priest in Trondheim. In 1719, Thomas von Westen (1682–1727), who had founded the Seminarium Lapponicum in Trondheim, took an interest in him and had him enrolled at the Trondheim Cathedral School. In 1726, he entered the University of Copenhagen. Towards the end of his nine-year stay in Copenhagen, he was admitted to Borchs Kollegium where he came in contact with Hans Gram (1685–1748) w (en)
  • Benjamin Dass, född den 15 augusti 1706 på Skar i Herø på Helgeland, död den 5 maj 1775 i Köpenhamn, var en norsk skolman. Han var brorsons son till Petter Dass. Dass blev student 1726, studerade klassisk filologi, teologi och filosofi och blev 1734 rektor vid Trondhjems katedralskola. Med stor iver tog den 29-årige mannen sig an denna skola, som hade varit vanskött, rensade den från en hel del omöjliga elever och förde den upp på en nivå, som knappast någon annan av samtidens skolor uppnådde. Dass var emellertid inte endast den stränga skolmannen, men för många av sina lärjungar tillika en faderlig vän, som med uppoffrande hjälpsamhet följde dem också senare. Den duglige mannens verksamhet hämmades emellertid i stor utsträckning genom arroganta ingrepp från hans överordnades sida, vilket (sv)
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  • Benjamin Dass (15 August 1706 – 5 May 1775) was a Norwegian educator and scholar who served as Rector of Trondheim Cathedral School. Dass was born at Skar farm (Skar i Alstahaug) in Herøy, Nordland, Norway. He was the son of Jacob Benjaminsson Dass and Maria Volquartz. His father was a nephew of poet-priest Petter Dass (1647-1707). His mother was a sister of Marcus Carstensen Volqvartz (1678–1720) who was a priest in Trondheim. In 1719, Thomas von Westen (1682–1727), who had founded the Seminarium Lapponicum in Trondheim, took an interest in him and had him enrolled at the Trondheim Cathedral School. In 1726, he entered the University of Copenhagen. Towards the end of his nine-year stay in Copenhagen, he was admitted to Borchs Kollegium where he came in contact with Hans Gram (1685–1748) who was manager of the Danish Royal Library and the secretary of the Royal Archives. In 1734, he was contacted by the Bishop of Trondheim and offered the headmaster position at the Trondheim Cathedral School. In 1735, he took his magister degree with honor and moved to Trondheim. Several of his school reforms were implemented in the 1739 Educational Act (Folkeskoleloven) of King Christian VI of Denmark who had visited Trondheim in 1733. Among other provisions, the law designated compulsory school attendance for children. Dass retired in 1750 and was succeeded as rector by his former student, Gerhard Schøning. In 1753 moved to Copenhagen. From 1757 he began to develop health problems and in 1775 he died in Copenhagen. After his death, parts of his large book collection were donated to the Gunnerus Library (Gunnerusbiblioteket) at the University of Trondheim. (en)
  • Benjamin Dass, född den 15 augusti 1706 på Skar i Herø på Helgeland, död den 5 maj 1775 i Köpenhamn, var en norsk skolman. Han var brorsons son till Petter Dass. Dass blev student 1726, studerade klassisk filologi, teologi och filosofi och blev 1734 rektor vid Trondhjems katedralskola. Med stor iver tog den 29-årige mannen sig an denna skola, som hade varit vanskött, rensade den från en hel del omöjliga elever och förde den upp på en nivå, som knappast någon annan av samtidens skolor uppnådde. Dass var emellertid inte endast den stränga skolmannen, men för många av sina lärjungar tillika en faderlig vän, som med uppoffrande hjälpsamhet följde dem också senare. Den duglige mannens verksamhet hämmades emellertid i stor utsträckning genom arroganta ingrepp från hans överordnades sida, vilket fick till följd att han 1751 avstod från rektoratet till förmån för sin älsklingslärjunge, Gerhard Schöning. (sv)
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