BERGNY, August Viktor (born A. V. Nyberg). Norrköping 31.3.1868 — 1927. Swedish Teacher interested in Indology. Son of Karl August Nyberg, a carpenter, and Susanna Albertina Karlsson. Matriculated 1887 from Norrköping. Studies of classics and Sanskrit at Uppsala: Fil.kand. 1889, fil.lic. 1898. Schoolteacher and collector in Västerås.
Publications: “Notes on some Brāhmī-Kharoṣṭhī Inscriptions on Indian Coins”, JRAS 1900, 409-421.
Sources: sv.wikisource.org/wiki/Sida:Östgötars_minne.djvu/726 (birth & studies); death and profession mentioned in connection of his posthumous papers (in Uppsala) www.alvin-portal.org/alvin/resultList.jsf?aq=%5B%5B%5D%5D&p=201&sortString=person_sort_asc&aqe=%5B%5D&af=%5B%5D&searchType=ARCHIVE&query=&noOfRows=50&dswid=8000; Läroverks- och seminar-matrikel 1914-1915, 72 (in digital.ub.umu.se).
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