Erik Gren
Erik Idor Theander Gren (born October 3, 1904 in Karlstad , † November 21, 1959 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish ancient historian and librarian .
Erik Gren worked as a librarian at Uppsala University from 1931 . At the university he received his doctorate in 1941 with a dissertation in Asia Minor and the Eastern Balkans in the economic development of the Roman Empire and became a university lecturer in the same year. In 1944 he became senior librarian and in 1947 senior librarian. Gren was an expert on the economic history of the Roman Empire . He has been a member of the Nathan Söderblom Society since 1954 and of the Swedish Humanist Society Uppsala since 1959 .
Fonts
- The coin find from Viminacium. Preliminary report. Almquist & Wiksell / Harrassowitz, Uppsala / Leipzig 1934.
- Asia Minor and the Eastern Balkans in the Economic Development of the Roman Empire. Uppsala 1941 (Reprint Ayerpub 1979, ISBN 0-405-12365-5 ).
- Editor with Bernhard Lewin: Donum natalicium HS Nyberg oblatum 28. mense dec. 1954. Almquist & Wiksell, Uppsala 1954.
literature
- Gustav Karlsson , Nils Simonsson (editors): Studia orientalia memoriae Erici Gren dedicata. Almqvist & Wiksell, Uppsala 1961.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gren, Erik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gren, Erik Idor Theander (full name); Gren, Erici (Latinized name); Gren, Erik I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ancient historian and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlstad |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1959 |
| Place of death | Uppsala |