Description: Handbook of School Gymnastics of the Swedish System Posse, Baron Nils Published by Lee and Shepard Publishers, Boston (1892) Born May 15, 1862 in Säby, Sweden, Nils Posse was the son of Baron Knut Henrik Posse and Sophia Lilliestråle. As nobility had run in his bloodline since the sixteenth century, he too was automatically given the title of Baron at birth. As his father was the chief at the Military High School in Marieberg, Posse was naturally educated in the military school system. Nils spent three years in the Sedish military - first in the Greandiers and then in the Artillery. About a year prior to his graduation, Posse joined the Stockholms Skating Club. He astonished many when he entered the club's annual figure skating competition in 1883 and defeated five far more experienced skaters, finishing second. The following year when skaters from the Wiener Eislaufverein attended the competition, Posse took first prize, defeating the Viennese visitors. Nils retired from skating in 1885 for a job opportunity. He was hired to teach at an institute which educated gymnastics teachers in Boston, Massachusetts called the Normal School of Gymnastics. On June 29, 1887, he married a Boston school teacher named Rose Moore Smith and in the years that followed, he wrote and lectured prolifically on physical education and the Swedish gymnastic system. He was widely credited as being a leader in bringing Swedish gymnastics to America and in 1890, he opened a similar institute on his own called The Posse Gymnasium. He also published a journal called "The Special Kinesiology of Educational Physical Gymnastics" and acted as Commissioner for Swedish Tourist Association, Swedish Yachting Association, Stockholm's Gymnastic Association at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, where he ensured these areas were well-represented in the Swedish exhibit. Just when he was in the prime of his life's work, Posse died suddenly of heart failure on December 12, 1894 at the age of thirty three. See photos for condition details. Shelf wear, name in front, spot? inside cover Due to high loss in shipping to certain countries, insurance is required for shipping to a location that does not provide tracking
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