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FRANS PETER von KNORRING
Dean Frans Peter von Knorring (1792-1875) is honored with statues in Mariehamn and at the church of Finström on Åland, Finland, where he served and worked as a reformer of public education and enlightment from 1833. A versatile man who published books on many subjects, i e linguistics, geography, pedagogy and economics, and founded the first newspaper on Åland in 1868. His image adorned an Åland postage stamp in 1992.
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SOPHIE von KNORRING
Baroness Sofia Margareta von Knorring, born Zelow (1797-1848). Married to Baron Sebastian Carl v K, Colonel of the Skaraborg Regiment. Reknown Swedish authoress, her first novel in 1834, entitled "The Cousins", recounted life on a country estate. She continued to write numerous novels using settings of humble environments and local dialects, such as "The Crofter and his Surroundings" from 1843.
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NADINE DUMAS
Nadesjda von Knorring (1826-1895), daughter of Colonel Johan Reinhold v K. First married to the Russian Prince Alexander Narysjkin in Moscow, she fled to Paris in 1850 following a family scandal. In the Russian society in Paris she met the author ALEXANDER DUMAS the younger, with whom she spent the rest of her life. It was not until her husband died in 1864 that she could marry Dumas and publicly acknowledge their two daughters.
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CARL von KNORRING
Carl Erik von Knorring (1861-1931). While serving as a naval cadet, he lost his leg in an accident. He then turned to a civilian career and was employed at the Finnish State Railways. A well-known cultural personality in Helsinki at the turn of the century, he was conductor of the Academic Choir and the M M Choir, as well as chairman and manager of the Swedish Theatre. He also knew Swedish contemporaries such as painter-author Albert Engström, who mentions him as "One-legged Calle Knorring".
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Last update Febr 17, 2001
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By: Peter v Knorring
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