Curated category
Old Norse studies scholars
- François-Xavier DillmannFrançois-Xavier Dillmann was born on the 27th of November 1949, and he has spent his career doing something very few scholars attempt: mastering the…
- John LindowJohn Frederick Lindow entered the world on the 23rd of July 1946. He was born in Washington, D.C., to Wesley Lindow and Eleanor Niemetta.
- Joan Turville-PetreJoan Elizabeth Turville-Petre entered the world on the 10th of May 1911. Her parents were Sam Blomfield and Kate Barton from Colchester in Essex.
- Hilda Ellis DavidsonHilda Roderick Ellis Davidson was born in Bebington, Cheshire, England, on the 1st of October 1914. Her father Henry Roderick worked as a stationer while her…
- Rudolf SimekRudolf Simek was born on the 21st of February 1954 in Austria. He began his academic journey as a philologist and religious studies scholar.
- Gabriel Turville-PetreGabriel Turville-Petre entered the world at Bosworth Hall in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire on the 25th of March 1908.
- Rasmus B. AndersonRasmus Bjørn Anderson arrived in the world on the 12th of January 1846. He grew up in Koshkoning within Dane County, Wisconsin.
- Georges DumézilGeorges Dumézil was born in Paris on the 4th of March 1898. His father Jean Dumézil served as a highly educated general in the French Army.
- Kevin Crossley-HollandKevin John William Crossley-Holland arrived in the world on the 7th of February 1941. He grew up in Whiteleaf, a quiet village nestled within the Chilterns…
- Peter Andreas MunchPeter Andreas Munch entered the world on the 15th of December 1810 in Christiania. His father Edvard Storm Munch served as a parish priest for the Church of…