Olof August Danielsson

Olof August Danielsson (born October 15, 1852 in Häradshammer , † July 10, 1933 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish classical philologist , epigraphist and leading Etruscologist of his time.

Life and accomplishments

Olof August Danielsson studied Classical Philology at Uppsala University from 1870 to 1874 and initially graduated as an Artium Baccalaureus (filosofie kandidat). In 1879 he received his doctorate, after which he became a lecturer in classical languages in Uppsala. In 1883 he became a professor of historical linguistics and , from 1887, also of Greek studies . From 1891 to 1917 he held the chair for Greek language and literature in Uppsala. From 1911 he was a member of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies and from 1914 of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Göttingen Academy of Sciences , from 1924 also a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Danielsson published ancient Greek and Lydian inscriptions , studied ancient Greek grammar and even translated the ancient Indian Mahabhashya . However, his preoccupation with the Italian languages such as Umbrian , Oscar and especially Etruscan was particularly important . He brought out several of the first volumes of the Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum , initiated by Carl Pauli under the umbrella of the Prussian Academy of Sciences , and edited several himself. Danielsson was so important for the creation that after his death in 1933 the editing was stopped and has only been continued since 1970 under the direction of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche .

Fonts

Studia grammatica 1879
The introduction of the Mahabhashya translated , 1883
About Umbrian and Oscar esuf, essuf , 1884
Grammatical and Etymological Studies I , 1888
Epigraphica , 1890
Hesiodea , 1896
On Greek inscriptions , 1897
On the metric expansion in the older Greek epic , 1897
On the Lydian inscriptions , Akademiska Bokhandeln / Harrassowitz, Uppsala / Leipzig 1917
Etruscan inscriptions in handwritten tradition , Uppsala / Leipzig 1928

literature

Werner Hartkopf: The Academy of Sciences of the GDR. A contribution to their history. Biographical Index , Akademie, Berlin 1983, p. 110

Web links

Literature by and about Olof August Danielsson in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 65.

personal data
SURNAME	Danielsson, Olof August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish classical philologist, epigraphist and etrusologist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 15, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hammer
DATE OF DEATH	July 10, 1933
Place of death	Uppsala

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 65.