Arthur Christensen

Arthur Emanuel Christensen (9 January 1875 – 31 March 1945) was a Danish orientalist and scholar of Iranian philology and folklore.^[1] He is best known for his works on the Iranian history, mythology, religions, medicine and music.^{[citation needed]}

Arthur Emanuel Christensen
Born	(1875-01-09)9 January 1875
Died	31 March 1945(1945-03-31) (aged 70) Copenhagen

Biography

Christensen was born in Copenhagen in 1875.^[2] He received his doctorate in 1903.^[1] The book One Thousand and One Nights ignited his interest to the Middle East.^[2] The subject of his doctorate dissertation was written about Omar Khayyam, a renowned Persian polymath.^[2][3] In 1919 he was promoted to the professorship at the University of Copenhagen, being the first Danish academic to hold this title in the field of Iranian philology.^[2]

Selected bibliography

• Recherches sur les Rubāʻiyat de ʻOmar Ḫayyām [Research on the Rubā‘iyāt of Omar Khayyam] (in French). Heidelberg: C. Winter. 1905. LCCN 07032000.
• "Orientalsk musikkultur" [Oriental Music Culture]. Ord och Bild (in Swedish). Stockholm: 463–474. 1910.
• Gatha Society, ed. (1918). "Some Notes on Persian Melody-Names of the Sasanian Period". Dastur Hoshang Memorial Volume: Being Papers on Iranian Subjects. Bombay: Fort Printing Press. OCLC 500234890.
• L'Iran sous les Sassanides [Iran under the Sassanids] (in French) (1 ed.). Copenhagen; Paris: Levin & Munksgaard; P. Geuthner. 1936. LCCN 37013450.