Henrik Samuel Nyberg
Henrik Samuel Nyberg (born December 28, 1889 in Söderbärke , † February 9, 1974 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish orientalist , who v. a. worked on topics of Iranian studies , in particular on Middle Persian and the pre-Islamic Iranian religion.
Life
Nyberg was born in 1889 as the son of Ida Jansson and Anders Fredrik Nyberg, a cleric plagued by financial worries, who also took Nyberg's first education up to the age of thirteen. Instead of studying theology like his father, he went to Uppsala after attending a grammar school and studied at the local university a . a. classical and Semitic languages as well as Sanskrit. In Uppsala Nyberg was a lecturer and professor in Semitic studies , where he took over the chair of his teacher Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen in 1931 . In 1956 he retired.
Nyberg's students included Geo Widengren , Helmer Ringgren , Stig Wikander , Sven Hartman , Bo Utas and Judith Josephson . From 1948 until his death in 1974 he was a member of the Svenska Academies . He was also a member of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies (since 1935) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (since 1943).
Fonts (selection)
- Auxiliary book of Pehlevi. I. Texts and index of Pehlevi words. II. Glossary. 2 volumes, Uppsala 1928-31
- Iran's forntida religioner . Stockholm 1937; dt. The religions of ancient Iran . Leipzig 1938; New edition Osnabrück 1966
- As editor: Minor writings of ibn al-Arabi . Edited for the first time after manuscripts in Upsala and Berlin. and provided with an introduction and comment. Leiden 1919.
literature
- Michael Stausberg : Nyberg, Henrik Samuel . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie Vol. 24, 1994, pp. 709-711.
- Sigrid Kahle : HS Nyberg: En vetenskapsmans biografi , Svenska akademiens minnesteckningar, 1991.
Web links
- Literature by and about Henrik Samuel Nyberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nyberg, Henrik Samuel. In: Encyclopaedia Iranica
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nyberg, Henrik Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Söderbärke |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1974 |
| Place of death | Uppsala |