He was known in Sweden as Kloke-Hans (``Wise Hans''). Prof. Larsson was a humanist and an author. He was also a mentor for several Swedish authors and a prominent essayist. Prof. Larsson was the son of the farmer Lars Persson and Kersti Nilsdotter, and cousin of author Ola Hansson. After studentexamen in 1881 _he_began his studies at Lund University. <sep>, Pronoun: he