Keywords: Heinrich Steffens sshh foto.jpg Heinrich Steffens May 2 1773 “February 13 1845 was a Norwegian-born German philosopher scientist and poet Also Henrik Steffens or Henrich Steffens At the age of fourteen he went with his parents to Copenhagen where he studied theology and natural science In 1796 he lectured at the University of Kiel and a year later went to the University of Jena to study the natural philosophy of Friedrich Schelling He went to Freiburg in 1800 and there came under the influence of Friedrich Werner <br> After two years he returned to Copenhagen and is said to have introduced German romanticism to Denmark in 1802 with nine lectures given at Valkendorffs Collegium Source http //adl dk/adl_pub/images/ff_foto/sshh_foto jpg PD-old Henrik Steffens |