Holst, Clara (1868–1935)
Holst, Clara (1868–1935)
Norwegian linguist. Born June 4, 1868, in Oslo, Norway; died Nov 15, 1935; granddau. of Fredrik Holst (medical professor); studied at Oslo University, 1889–96, University of Cambridge, 1892–93, and Sorbonne, 1893–94; also studied in Leipzig, 1897–98, and in Berlin, 1902–03, for PhD.
Distinguished linguist and Middle-Low German language expert, taught at Wellesley College in MA (1906–07) and at Kansas University (1907–08); returned to Norway (1908) at age 40 and disappeared from world of academia; was the 1st Norwegian woman to defend a doctoral dissertation (Dec 10, 1903) and the 1st Norwegian woman graduate in philology (University of Oslo, 1895, 1896). A lecture hall at U. of Oslo campus in Kristiansand bears her name.
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