1. Claus Pavels graduated from the school in Christanssand in 1785.
12 Facts About Claus Pavels
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Claus Pavels was a student in Copenhagen and member of The Norwegian Society there.
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Claus Pavels was the grandfather of the author Claus Pavels Riis.
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Claus Pavels was hired as a chaplain in Brevig in Telemark county from 1793 to 1796.
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Claus Pavels next was called to be the priest in Hirschholm in Denmark from 1796 until 1799.
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In 1805, Claus Pavels was given a new job in the Norwegian capital of Christiania.
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Claus Pavels was called to be the vicar of the parish of Aker as well as the priest serving Akershus Fortress.
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Claus Pavels remained at this post until his death on 16 February 1822.
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Claus Pavels was host of the ceremony when the first Norwegian university, the Royal Frederick University of Christiania, was founded in 1811.
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Claus Pavels was present at the first defence of a doctorate thesis in Norway, at the University 18 June 1817, when Frederik Holst defended his thesis, "Morbus, quem Radesyge vocant, quinam sit, quanamque ratione e Scandinavia tollendus".
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From his position at Akershus Fortress, Claus Pavels followed closely the political turbulence in 1814, with the Treaty of Kiel, the gathering of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll, the clash between Sweden and Norway, and the subsequent Union between Sweden and Norway.
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Claus Pavels wrote detailed reports from this period in his diaries.