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Also Known As Emanuel Svedberg • Emanuel Swedberg
Born January 29, 1688 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died March 29, 1772 (aged 84) • London • England
Notable Works “Journal of Dreams” • “Opera Philosophica et Mineralia” • “The Economy of the Animal Kingdom” • “True Christian Religion”
Subjects Of Study mysticism • philosophy of nature • revelation

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