SIIGER, Halfdan

SIIGER, Halfdan (Hans Christian Julius Johannes Sophus Halfdan Siiger). Copenhagen 28.7.1911 — Copenhagen 15.12.1999. Danish Ethnologist, Scholar of Religion and Tibetan. Professor in Aarhus. Son of wholesale dealer Hans Christian Siiger (1881–1973) and Julie Ingeborg Petrine Fogh (1888–1979). Matriculated from Birkerød in 1929, studies at Copenhagen. Cand. theol. 1936, mag.…

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HJELMSLEV, Louis

HJELMSLEV, Louis Trolle. Copenhagen 3.10.1899 — Copenhagen 30.5.1965. Danish Linguist (Germanist and General Linguist). Son of the mathematician Johannes Hjelmslev (1873–1950) and Agnes Elisabeth Bohse. From 1917 studies at Copenhagen (Pedersen), M.A. 1923. Then further studies in Prague 1923-24, Paris 1926-27 (Meillet and Vendryes) and Leipzig 1929. Ph.D. 1932. PD…

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HAARH, Erik

HAARH, Erik Helge. Frederiksberg 20.9.1929 — 1.12.1993. Danish Scholar of Tibetan and Comparative Religion. Professor in Aarhus. Son of Georg Emil Halvor Haarh, an engineer, and his wife Laurene Kristine. Matriculated in 1948. Studies of history of religions and Eastern languages at Copenhagen (S. A. Pallis, K. Grønbech, Tuxen &…

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