Thorkelin, Grimur Jonsson ♂

Education

LL.D. 26.10.1787. Presents book in 1827.

Birth/childhood

Born 8.10.1752 son of Jon Teitson, Iceland and Elin Einarsdottir.

Career

Icelandic historian and archaeologist. Professor of history and antiquities in the University of Copenhagen and Keeper of the Royal Archives of Denmark. [University professor]

Publications. First editor of Beowulf.

Death

Died 4.3.1829.

Sources

• Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, ed. C.F. Bricka. 27v. (Copenhagen, 1933-44)
• Scots Magazine October, 1933
• Correspondence in Laing MSS in Edinburgh University Library