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Jakob Sverdrup (philologist)
Norwegian philologist

Jakob Sverdrup (philologist)

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Norwegian philologist
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Western Norway, Norway
Age
57 years
Family
Father:
Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup
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Biography

Jakob Sverdrup (10 April 1881 – 21 November 1938) was a Norwegian philologist and lexicographer.

Personal life

He was born in Leikanger as a son of the bishop and politician Jakob Sverdrup (1845–1899). He was a brother of Georg Johan Sverdrup, uncle of historian Jakob Sverdrup, a first cousin of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Jr, and Leif Sverdrup, a nephew of Georg Sverdrup and Edvard Sverdrup, grandson of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Sr, grandnephew of Johan Sverdrup and great-grandson of Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup.

Career

He was hired as a lecturer at the University of Oslo in 1917, took the dr.philos. degree in 1928 with the thesis Zum germanischen Verbalsystem, and was promoted to professor of Germanic philology in 1929. Among his works were a German-Norwegian dictionary, released in two volumes in 1933 and 1936.

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