Otto Sperling ( 1634 - 1715 )

Birth: Christiania [Oslo], Norway (03 January 1634) Death: Copenhagen, Denmark (18 March 1715) Profession: Barrister; Author Education: Gymnasium at Bordesholm; Helmstedt (1652-1655); Leyden (1659); Kiel; LLD (1674) Career: Travelled in Holland, France and England (1661); went to Hamburg, where he became tutor to the sons of noble families in Holstein; lived in Copenhagen (1670-1673); barrister in Hamburg (1673, 1683-1687); Tutor to the sons of J A Buchwald, with whom he travelled to Paris; employed in Colbert's library (1681); Counsellor to the King of Denmark and Judge of the Court of Appeal (1687-1690); Professor of History and Law at the Ridderlige Akademi, Copenhagen (1692-1697); dismissed, he lived in poverty and on the charity of patrons; sold his library of over 8000 volumes at auction (1709-1710) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1700 Proposers: John Woodward; Sir Hans Sloane.