Background
His father was a vicar and his uncle was a priest.
His father was a vicar and his uncle was a priest.
University of Copenhagen.
Jacob Rosted born in Høland in Akershus, Norway. He was from a clerical family. He studies at the University of Copenhagen where he earned his Master"s degree in Philological in 1780.
He served as rector at the Christiania Cathedral School from 1803 to 1832.
Additionally, he edited the magazines Topographisk Journal for Kongeriget Norge and Hermoder from 1792-1808. In 1793, he sat on the committee that worked for the establishment of a Norwegian university.
Rosteds gate, located between the districts of Grünerløkka and Saint Hanshaugen in Oslo, was named in his honor.
Rosted was a member of Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1820.