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Master Halfdan. Biography and life story from the 18th century by Jón Helgason Dr. Theol., bishop.
Hálfdan Einarsson (1732 – 1 February 1785) was headmaster of Hóla School for 30 years, longer than any other. He was awarded the title of master by the University of Copenhagen in 1765 and was thereafter generally called Master Hálfdan.
Hálfdan was the son of the Reverend Einar Hálfdanarson of Prestbakki on Síða and his wife, Guðrún Sigurðardóttir. He graduated from Skálholt School in 1749 and graduated with a theology degree from the University of Copenhagen in the spring of 1755, but had also studied mathematics and physics, among other subjects. He became schoolmaster at Hólar in 1755, at the age of 23, and held that position until his death in 1785.
Hálfdan was well-educated and considered a good teacher, but somewhat of a drinker. He worked as a writer and translator alongside his teaching, translating, among other things, Konungsskuggsjá into Danish and Latin, which was published with the assistance of the Invisible Society in 1768. His masterpiece, however, is the literary history of Iceland, Sciagraphia Historiae Liteariae Islandicae, which was written in Latin and published in Copenhagen in 1777. For this he was awarded three honorary gold coins.
Halfdan's wife was Kristín, daughter of Bishop Gísli Magnússon of Hólar.
Hálfdan Einarsson (1732 – 1 February 1785) was headmaster of Hóla School for 30 years, longer than any other. He was awarded the title of master by the University of Copenhagen in 1765 and was thereafter generally called Master Hálfdan.
Hálfdan was the son of the Reverend Einar Hálfdanarson of Prestbakki on Síða and his wife, Guðrún Sigurðardóttir. He graduated from Skálholt School in 1749 and graduated with a theology degree from the University of Copenhagen in the spring of 1755, but had also studied mathematics and physics, among other subjects. He became schoolmaster at Hólar in 1755, at the age of 23, and held that position until his death in 1785.
Hálfdan was well-educated and considered a good teacher, but somewhat of a drinker. He worked as a writer and translator alongside his teaching, translating, among other things, Konungsskuggsjá into Danish and Latin, which was published with the assistance of the Invisible Society in 1768. His masterpiece, however, is the literary history of Iceland, Sciagraphia Historiae Liteariae Islandicae, which was written in Latin and published in Copenhagen in 1777. For this he was awarded three honorary gold coins.
Halfdan's wife was Kristín, daughter of Bishop Gísli Magnússon of Hólar.