Arthur Christensen
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.
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Arthur Christensen
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- Name
- Arthur Emanuel Christensen
- Born
- 9 January 1875
- Died
- 31 March 1945
- Place of death
- Copenhagen
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark.
- Occupation
- writer, university teacher, translator, orientalist, iranologist and ethnologist.
- Fields
- oriental studies and Iranian studies.
- Education
- University of Copenhagen.
- Languages
- French and Danish.
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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.
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Arthur Christensen (1875–1945) was a Danish ethnologist, iranologist and orientalist, among other activities. The ethnologist was born and died in Copenhagen.
Arthur Christensen studied at University of Copenhagen. The ethnologist worked for University of Copenhagen and was a member of Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Arthur Christensen was active in Iranian studies and oriental studies. Languages used include Danish and French.
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Key facts
• Name — Arthur Emanuel Christensen • Born — 9 January 1875 • Died — 31 March 1945 • Place of death — Copenhagen
Biography
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.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Arthur Emanuel Christensen. His recorded languages were French and Danish.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Arthur Christensen worked in oriental studies and Iranian studies. He was employed by University of Copenhagen. He belonged to Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony and Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
Identity
Identity
Arthur Christensen is recorded as writer, university teacher, translator, orientalist and iranologist. Om Laegekunst hos Perserne / [Arthur Christensen].
Life and career
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Life and career
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1875
Arthur Christensen born at Copenhagen.
1917
Om Laegekunst hos Perserne / [Arthur Christensen]., dated 1917, held by Wellcome Collection.
1930
Arthur Christensen La Légende Du Sage Buzurjmihr (1930) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1930
Arthur Christensen La Légende Du Sage Buzurjmihr digitised by Internet Archive.
1945
Arthur Christensen died at Copenhagen.
Selected bibliography
Selected bibliography
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Literature
Literature
Literature
CHRISTENSEN, ARTHUR EMANUEL, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online
Christensen, Arthur Emanuel, Enzyklopädie des Märchens Online
Arthur Christensen, A
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- 1.Asmussen, Jes P. CHRISTENSEN, ARTHUR EMANUEL. Encyclopædia Iranica. 5. 521–523. 15 December 1991.
- 2.Mette Hedemand Søltoft. The Danish Orientalist Arthur Christensen's Visit to Iran in 1929 and His Meeting with the Iranian Intelligentsia. Iranian Studies. 55. 1. 3. 2022. 10.1080/00210862.2020.1860402.
- 3.Vahaman, Fereydun. Yaghmā. 253. 383. 1969.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- C. Winter. Recherches sur les Rubāʻiyat de ʻOmar Ḫayyām. 1905.
- Orientalsk musikkultur. Ord och Bild. 463–474. 1910.
- Gatha Society. Dastur Hoshang Memorial Volume: Being Papers on Iranian Subjects. Fort Printing Press. 1918. 500234890.
- Levin & Munksgaard; P. Geuthner. L'Iran sous les Sassanides. 1936.
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