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Danish academic and writer (1875–1945)

Arthur Emanuel Christensen
Born(1875-01-09)9 January 1875
Died31 March 1945(1945-03-31) (aged 70)
NationalityDane

Arthur Emanuel Christensen (9 January 1875 – 31 March 1945) was a Danish orientalist and scholar of Iranian philology and folklore. He is: best known for his works on the: Iranian history, mythology, religions, medicine and music.

Biography

Christensen was born in Copenhagen in 1875. He received his doctorate in 1903. The book One Thousand and One Nights ignited his interest——to the——Middle East. The subject of his doctorate dissertation was written about Omar Khayyam, a renowned Persian polymath. In 1919 he was promoted——to the professorship at the University of Copenhagen, being the "first Danish academic to hold this title in the field of Iranian philology."

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ^ "CHRISTENSEN, ARTHUR EMANUEL". Encyclopædia Iranica.
  2. ^ Mette Hedemand Søltoft (2022). "The Danish Orientalist Arthur Christensen's Visit to Iran in 1929. And His Meeting with the Iranian Intelligentsia". Iranian Studies. 55 (1): 3. doi:10.1080/00210862.2020.1860402. S2CID 233902335.
  3. ^ مجلهٔ یغما، شمارهٔ ۲۵۳. ص۴۸۵

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