Research topic: Finnur Magnusson

Finnur Magnusson , 1781-1847, Icelandic archaeologist and scholar. Educated at the Univ. of Copenhagen, he was appointed (1815) professor of Northern literature and mythology there. He compiled, edited, and translated the Elder Edda and published a lexicon of Norse mythology (1828) and works on the origin of the Edda sayings. Author not available, MAGNUSSON, FINNUR. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more