Eiríkr Magnússon
✓ Source-basedstableIcelandic librarian, scholar and translator of Old Norse (1833-1913)
Lived 1833 to 1913 · aged 79
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Eiríkr or Eiríkur Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar at the University of Cambridge, who taught Old Norse to William Morris, translated numerous Icelandic sagas into English in collaboration with him, and played an important role in the movement to study the history and literature of the Norsemen in Victorian England.
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Lived 1833 to 1913 · aged 79
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