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The New Story I-II. After Pál Melsteð.
Páll was born in Möðruvellir in Hörgárdalur, the son of Páll Melsteð and his first wife, Anna Sigríður Stefánsdóttir Melsteð. He graduated from Bessastaðaskóli in 1834 and lived the longest of all those who had graduated from there. He then went abroad and studied law at the University of Copenhagen but did not complete his degree, but returned home in 1840, went to live at Brekka in Álftanes and taught children.
He was appointed sheriff of Árnessýsla in his father's absence in 1845-1846 and again in 1848-1849. In 1846 he moved to Reykjavík and became director of the National Printing House. He was also secretary to the royal representative in the Alþingi in 1845-1849 and a representative of Snæfellsnes in the National Assembly in 1851 and was one of the few who did not support Jón Sigurðsson's protests ("we all protest"), as his father was the president of the meeting. In the years 1849-1854 he was appointed sheriff of Snæfellsnessýsla and sat first in Stykkishólmur, then in Búðir and finally in Bjarnarhöfn.
In 1855 he went back to study and completed his law degree in January 1857. He was appointed sheriff in Gullbring and Kjósar County 1858-1862 and a barrister at the Supreme Court 1862-1886. He was a member of the Althingi for Snæfellsjön from 1858-1864. He was a part-time history teacher at the Lærði School for many years and a permanent teacher from 1886-1894. Together with his wife Þóra, he founded the Women's School in Reykjavík in 1874 and taught there until 1889. He wrote several textbooks on human history that were used for a long time, and his memoirs, which he had written himself, were published in 1912. Bogi Th. Melsted, Páll's nephew, was responsible for publishing the memoirs.
Páll's first wife (December 30, 1840) was Jórunn Ísleifsdóttir (May 14, 1816 – August 21, 1858), daughter of Ísleif Einarsson, a high court judge, and his second wife, Sigríður Gísladóttir. Of their eight children, only three survived. Their son Páll died in his twenties, Sigríður did not marry, and Anna married Stefán Stephensen, abbot of the monastery. Páll's second wife (November 13, 1859) was Þóra Melsteð (December 18, 1823 – April 21, 1919), daughter of County Governor Grímur Jónsson and his wife, Birgitte Cecilie Breum. They were childless.
Páll was born in Möðruvellir in Hörgárdalur, the son of Páll Melsteð and his first wife, Anna Sigríður Stefánsdóttir Melsteð. He graduated from Bessastaðaskóli in 1834 and lived the longest of all those who had graduated from there. He then went abroad and studied law at the University of Copenhagen but did not complete his degree, but returned home in 1840, went to live at Brekka in Álftanes and taught children.
He was appointed sheriff of Árnessýsla in his father's absence in 1845-1846 and again in 1848-1849. In 1846 he moved to Reykjavík and became director of the National Printing House. He was also secretary to the royal representative in the Alþingi in 1845-1849 and a representative of Snæfellsnes in the National Assembly in 1851 and was one of the few who did not support Jón Sigurðsson's protests ("we all protest"), as his father was the president of the meeting. In the years 1849-1854 he was appointed sheriff of Snæfellsnessýsla and sat first in Stykkishólmur, then in Búðir and finally in Bjarnarhöfn.
In 1855 he went back to study and completed his law degree in January 1857. He was appointed sheriff in Gullbring and Kjósar County 1858-1862 and a barrister at the Supreme Court 1862-1886. He was a member of the Althingi for Snæfellsjön from 1858-1864. He was a part-time history teacher at the Lærði School for many years and a permanent teacher from 1886-1894. Together with his wife Þóra, he founded the Women's School in Reykjavík in 1874 and taught there until 1889. He wrote several textbooks on human history that were used for a long time, and his memoirs, which he had written himself, were published in 1912. Bogi Th. Melsted, Páll's nephew, was responsible for publishing the memoirs.
Páll's first wife (December 30, 1840) was Jórunn Ísleifsdóttir (May 14, 1816 – August 21, 1858), daughter of Ísleif Einarsson, a high court judge, and his second wife, Sigríður Gísladóttir. Of their eight children, only three survived. Their son Páll died in his twenties, Sigríður did not marry, and Anna married Stefán Stephensen, abbot of the monastery. Páll's second wife (November 13, 1859) was Þóra Melsteð (December 18, 1823 – April 21, 1919), daughter of County Governor Grímur Jónsson and his wife, Birgitte Cecilie Breum. They were childless.