Arthur Christensen Explained

Arthur Emanuel Christensen
Birth Date:	9 January 1875
Death Place:	Copenhagen
Nationality:	Dane

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.

Biography

Christensen was born in Copenhagen in 1875. He received his doctorate in 1903.^[1] The book One Thousand and One Nights ignited his interest to the Middle East. The subject of his doctorate dissertation was written about Omar Khayyam, a renowned Persian polymath.^[2] 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.^[3]

Selected bibliography

• Christensen . Arthur . 1910 . Orientalsk musikkultur . Oriental Music Culture . Swedish . . Stockholm . 463–474 . no .
• Book: Christensen, Arthur . Gatha Society . 1918 . Dastur Hoshang Memorial Volume: Being Papers on Iranian Subjects . Some Notes on Persian Melody-Names of the Sasanian Period . Fort Printing Press . Bombay . 500234890 . https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510021032718&view=1up&seq=390&skin=2021 . no . 2 .

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: CHRISTENSEN, ARTHUR EMANUEL. Encyclopædia Iranica.
2. مجلهٔ یغما، شمارهٔ ۲۵۳. ص۴۸۵
3. Mette Hedemand Søltoft. The Danish Orientalist Arthur Christensen's Visit to Iran in 1929 and His Meeting with the Iranian Intelligentsia. Iranian Studies. 2022. 55. 1. 3. 10.1080/00210862.2020.1860402. 233902335 .