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Björn Collinder
Swedish linguist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erik Alfred Torbjörn "Björn" Collinder (22 July 1894 – 20 May 1983) was a Swedish linguist who was Professor of Finno-Ugric languages at Uppsala University.
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Born | (1894-07-22)22 July 1894 Sundsvall, Sweden |
Died | 20 May 1983(1983-05-20) (aged 88) Vienna, Austria |
Nationality | Swedish |
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Academic advisors | K. B. Wiklund |
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Discipline | Linguistics |
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Main interests | Finno-Ugric languages |
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