Peter Adolf Hall , also known as PA Hall or Peter Adolphe Hall, (23 February 1739 in Borås – 15 May 1793 in Liège ), was a Swedish-French artist who mainly devoted himself to miniature painting .
16-1131: (Redirected from Sir Peter Hall ) Peter Hall may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Peter Adolf Hall (1739–1793), Swedish-French artist Peter J. Hall (1926–2010), American costume designer Peter Hall (director) (1930–2017), English theatre director Religion [ edit ] Peter Hall (bishop) (1930–2013), Bishop of Woolwich, 1984–1996 Peter Hall (priest) (1803–1849), English cleric and topographer Peter Hall (minister) (1851–1937), Jamaican Sports [ edit ] Peter Hall (cricketer) (1927–2014), New Zealand cricketer Peter Hall (footballer, born 1939) , English association football player Pete Hall (born 1939), American football player and con artist Peter Hall (Australian footballer) (born 1957), for South Melbourne Peter Hall (New Zealand footballer) Peter Hall (sailor) (born 1949), in yacht races Other [ edit ] Peter Hall (RNZAF officer) (1922–2010), New Zealand WWII pilot Peter Hall (Architect) (1931–1994), Australian Architect, known for completing
32-467: A few years later. [REDACTED] Media related to Peter Adolf Hall at Wikimedia Commons Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin ( Sunne parish, Jämtlands län 11 September 1717 ( OS ) – Stockholm 13 December 1783), Swedish astronomer and demographer . Wargentin was the son of the vicar of Sunne Wilhelm Wargentin (1670–1735) and his spouse Christina Aroselia, and
48-494: A historical continuity going back to the school Wargentin himself attended on Frösön. In his later career, Wargentin's focus shifted from astronomy to demography. The Swedish government decreed in 1736 that the clergy should maintain registers of all births and deaths in their parishes, and the concept emerged in the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences that these parish data should be subjected to national analysis. Wargentin
64-673: A miscarriage in 1769. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1781. Wargentin made studies on the moons of Jupiter and published his first paper on the topic in 1741 in the Acta of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala . The crater Wargentin on the Moon is named after him, as is the secondary school Wargentinsskolan in Östersund , Jämtland , with
80-572: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Peter Adolf Hall Hall was born to a merchant and magistrate in Borås, who was also a Member of Parliament, Petter Börjesson Hall (1707-1776) and Eva Margareta. Eva was an older cousin of the astronomer Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin . Together with his younger brother Birger Martin , Hall studied medicine and 'natural history' between 1753-55 at Uppsala University 's medical faculty where Carl Linnaeus taught. In
96-731: The Sydney Opera House Peter Hall (urbanist) (1932–2014), English professor of urban planning Peter Hall (diplomat) (1938–2024), British Ambassador to Argentina and Serbia Peter Dobkin Hall (1946–2015), American professor of history Peter W. Hall (1948–2021), American federal judge Peter A. Hall (born 1950), Canadian political scientist Peter Gavin Hall (1951–2016), Australian professor of mathematics Peter Hall (politician) (born 1952), Australian National Party member Peter Hall (financier) (born 1960), Australian financier [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
112-468: The gymnasium (secondary school) of Härnösand , which he did. According to his own account, Wargentin was unimpressed with the purely classical and theological curriculum and the lack of any education in the sciences and did not finish the fourth year. In 1735, Wargentin matriculated as a student at the University of Uppsala , where he excelled. Olof Hiorter was one of his instructors. He graduated with
128-544: The academy, which had been founded in 1739. He is seen as an important person in leading the academy to its first golden era. Wargentin also became the first director of the Stockholm Observatory founded by the Academy of Sciences on the initiative of his predecessor, Elvius, and completed in 1753. In 1756 Wargentin married Christina Magdalena Raab, a marriage that would produce three daughters until his wife's death due to
144-665: The age of 30, he was elected to the French Academy of Fine Arts . He painted portraits of the Dauphin of France , the prospective Louis XVI , as of his two brothers, who also would ascend the throne eventually, after the Revolution and the Napoleonic period, namely, Louis XVIII and Charles X . Peter Adolf Hall was then appointed a court painter or Peintre du Roi et des Enfants de France . According to an account book kept by his wife, between
160-741: The art world participants and patrons but also the Marquis of Lafayette . Hall was present at the Storming of the Bastille as a revolutionary officer. In 1791 he went into exile though and never reunited with his family in Paris ever again. His wife's inherited wealth was confiscated by the nation and a son-in-law married to the painter's first-born was torn to pieces by a mob six weeks after their wedding. Hall supported his family from abroad as best as he could, but died in Belgium
176-520: The degree of filosofie magister (then the highest degree awarded in the Faculty of Arts) in 1743 and became a docent in astronomy in 1746 and an adjunct in 1748. He was called to Stockholm as secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1749 on the death of secretary Pehr Elvius, Jr. , and stayed on this post until his death. Wargentin therefore became the first long-serving secretary of
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#1733085336556192-470: The flute with his second daughter, the musical Angélique Lucie Hall (1774-1819) who played the piano. His third daughter was named Adolphine Mélanie Isabelle Hall (1777-1852) and the fourth child was the son Gabriel Hippolyte Adolphe Hall (1780-1833). Peter Adolf Hall was a strong supporter of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 's ideology. Among those who visited his home on the Rue du Petit-Reposoir in Paris were not only
208-549: The following years, 1755–59, the brothers went on a period-style educational journey in Europe under the guidance of a teacher, Mr. Lars Brisman. In Berlin and Hamburg , Peter Adolf acquainted himself both with playing music and took a liking to the visual arts. To his father's chagrin, he started working in enamel and miniature painting instead of becoming a doctor. In May 1766 Hall began to work as an artist in Paris . Three years later, at
224-544: The great-grandson of Joachim Wargentin (1611–1682), a Lübeck -born burgher of Åbo (Turku) in Finland. When Pehr Wargentin was 12 years old he observed a (total) lunar eclipse which would spark his lifelong interest in Astronomy . During his tenure at Frösö trivialskola (elementary school), his teacher deemed him advanced enough to continue directly to Uppsala University . However, Wargentin's father wanted him first to attend
240-404: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hall&oldid=1234362497 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
256-478: The years 1782-87 Hall painted an average of 70 portraits a year, of nobilities in general and people from the fashionable society. His annual income was around 25,000 livres . On 23 April 1771 he married a merchant's daughter, Marie Adelaïde Gobin (1752-1832), in the newly built parish church of Saint-Louis at Versailles . They would in time have three daughters and a son. He encouraged his eldest daughter Adélaïde Victoire Hall 's talent for visual arts, and played
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