Dal, Ingerid (1895–1985)
Dal, Ingerid (1895–1985)
Norwegian linguist. Name variations: Ingerid Blanca Juell Dal. Born Aug 2, 1895, in Drammen, near Oslo, Norway; died Feb 17, 1985; attended Kristiana University, 1914–20, and Heidelberg University, 1920–25; University of Hamburg, PhD, 1925; University of Oslo, PhD, 1930.
Had childhood interests in math, philosophy, science and philology; worked as a research assistant (1930–38), as a German linguistics lecturer (1938–39), and as a professor of German philology (1939–65) at University of Oslo; published research papers, which were later combined for Research into the History of the German Language (1972), a book published by the Norwegian General Scientific Committee in honor of Dal's 75th birthday. Honors and awards include fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences (1940), Nansen Foundation Prize (1954), fellow of Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (1958) and Goethe Gold Medal (1958).