Johannes Rudbeckius
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Johannes Rudbeckius or Johannes Rudbeck (1581-1646), bishop at Västerås, Sweden, from 1619 until his death, and personal chaplain to King Gustavus II Adolphus ("the Great"). In 1623 he founded the first gymnasium, a school of secondary education, in Västerås. With his second wife Magdalena Hising, he had a son Olaus Rudbeckius, sr, who was to become the most important Swedish scientist of the 17th century. Bishop Rudbeckius' granddaughter, Wendela Rudbeck, married Peter Olai Nobelius, from whom descends Alfred Nobel.
Bishop Rudbeckius is also notable for calling what is now known as the Dalecarlian horse "the Devil's plaything."
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