Clemens Johannes Helin I or Johan Helin I (25 July 1679 - 16 February 1753) was a Swedish scholar in theology and linguistics. He is the earliest patriarch of the Helin family cadet branch and was one of the founders of Svenska Tungomålsgillet (English: The Swedish Tongue Guild).

Biography

Clemens Johannes Helin I, born 25 July 1679, was the illegitimate child of Philippe-Louis de Hénin, 7th Count of Bossu (1646–1688) 10th Prince of Chimey, and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha, the daughter of Hetman Kazimierz Jan Sapieha (German: Clemens Johannes Sapieha).[1] He was half brother of Jan Klemens Branicki.

Clemens Johannes Helin I was appointed as Secretary of The Antiques Archives in 1725. Helin was commissioned for the establishment of the Swedish Royal Academy by Chancellor President Anders Johan von Höpken in 1739.[2] Johan was primarily outspoken critic of the “natural sciences” and thus was not included as founding member.[2] Johan Helin l established “Svenska Tungomålsgillet” (English: The Swedish Tongue Guild), an opposition movement to the Swedish Royal Academy with theological support.[2] Frederick I of Sweden received a letter from the movement in 1740.[2]  Due to the influence wielded by the Swedish Royal Academy within political circles, The Swedish Tongue Guild was a short lived movement.[2] Johan is noted to have developed friendships with Gustaf Benzelstierna, Jacob Faggot, Samuel Schultze, Johan Göstaf Göstafsson Hallman, and other politically influential individuals during the movements span.[2] His eldest daughter Anna Christina Helin married Johan Cavallius owner of “Kölaboda säteri” and captain over the Kronoberg’s Regiment.[3]

Bibliography

  • Władysław Konopczyński: Branicki Jan Klemens. W: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. 2: Beyzym Jan – Brownsford Marja. Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności – Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1936, s. 404–407. Reprint: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Kraków 1989, ISBN 83-04-03291-0
  • Alina Sztachelska-Kokoczka Magnackie dobra Jana Klemensa Branickiego, 2006

References

  1. ↑ "Kazimierz Jan Sapieha". www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Svenska tungomålsgillet - Ett 1700-talssällskap med sörmländsk anknytning, artikel av Kerstin Pettersson i Sörmlandsbygden 1989
  3. ↑ Tab 1, Johan. "Cavallius - Skatelövsgrenen - Adelsvapen-Wiki". www.adelsvapen.com. Retrieved 2023-06-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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