Arthur Christensen

Arthur Emanuel Christensen
Born(1875-01-09)9 January 1875
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died31 March 1945(1945-03-31) (aged 70)
Copenhagen, Denmark

Arthur Emanuel Christensen (9 January 1875 – 31 March 1945) 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.[citation needed]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Asmussen, Jes P. (15 December 1991). "CHRISTENSEN, ARTHUR EMANUEL". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. 5. pp. 521–523. LCCN 84673402. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mette Hedemand Søltoft (2022). "The Danish Orientalist Arthur Christensen's Visit to Iran in 1929 and His Meeting with the Iranian Intelligentsia". Iranian Studies. Vol. 55, no. 1. p. 3. doi:10.1080/00210862.2020.1860402. S2CID 233902335.
  3. ↑ Vahaman, Fereydun (1969). آرتور کریستن‌سن، ایران‌شناس و ایران‌دوست دانمارکی [Arthur Christensen, the Danish Iranologist and Iranophile]. Yaghmā (in Persian). No. 253. p. 383 – via Comprehensive Humanities Portal.