Arthur Christensen

Arthur Emanuel Christensen 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.

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.

Selected bibliography

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