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Vilhelm Thomsen

Vilhelm Ludwig Peter Thomsen

Danish linguist.

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Sex or Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Copenhagen

Place of Death

Copenhagen

Country of Citizenship

Kingdom of Denmark

Date of Birth

1/25/1842

Date of Death

5/12/1927

Instance Of

Human

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Occupation

Linguist
University Teacher
Writer
Turkologist

Employer

University of Copenhagen

Member Of

11 items
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
(December 1876 - )
Start Time
: December 1876
Russian Academy of Sciences
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Académie Des Inscriptions Et Belles-Lettres
(1909 - 1927)
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member of Académie Des Inscriptions Et Belles-Lettres
Start Time
: 1909
End Time
: 1927
Göttingen Academy of Sciences

Award Received

10 items
Pour Le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Order
Knight of the Order of the Elephant
(1912)
Point in Time
: 1912
Pour Le Mérite
Order of the Dannebrog
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Item Should Link to a Specific Grade of the Order or Class of the Award
Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
(1879)
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Award Subsidiary in Rank to Later Award
Point in Time
: 1879
Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
(1892)
Point in Time
: 1892
Medal of Merit in Gold
(1896)
Point in Time
: 1896
Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
(1901)
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Award Subsidiary in Rank to Later Award
Point in Time
: 1901
Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog
(1908)
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Award Subsidiary in Rank to Later Award
Point in Time
: 1908
Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
(1909)
Point in Time
: 1909

Given Name

Vilhelm

Educated At

University of Copenhagen

Field of Work

Linguistics
History
Turkology

Family Name

Q16324719

Name in Native Language

Vilhelm Ludwig Peter Thomsen

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Danish

Described by Source

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24754949
Library of the World's Best Literature

Position Held

Rector
(1901 - 1902)
Replaces
:
Thorvald N. Thiele
Replaced By
:
Harald Høffding
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
University of Copenhagen
Start Time
: 1901
End Time
: 1902
President
(1909 - )
Replaces
:
Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Start Time
: 1909

Sibling

Carl Thomsen
Kinship to Subject
:
Younger Brother

Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy
(1869)
Point in Time
: 1869
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Randers Statsskole
( - 1859)
End Time
: 1859
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24493129