Thomas Kingo

Thomas Kingo was born in Slangerup in 1634, the son of a poor weaver from a family that had come from Scotland. Having qualified in theology in Copenhagen in 1658, he was a tutor for three years, then chaplain to the provost Peder Worm at Kirke Helsinge. Made parish priest of Slangerup in 1668, he married Sille Balkenborg, Worm's widow, in 1669, and lost her a year later. He exchanged verses of abuse with his stepson Jacob Worm, yet interceded for him when the latter was sentenced to death for his satires. Bishop of Funen in 1677, he received a coat of arms two years later and died in Odense in 1703.

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• PoetryAandelige Siunge-Koors Første PartThomas Kingo · 1674not translated into EnglishLiterature