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 and medicine. Christensen received his doctorate in 1903.[1] The Persian 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]

Arthur Emanuel Christensen
Born(1875-01-09)January 9, 1875
DiedMarch 31, 1945(1945-03-31) (aged 70)
Copenhagen
NationalityDane

Selected bibliography
  • Christensen, Arthur (1918). "Some Notes on Persian Melody-Names of the Sasanian Period". In Gatha Society (ed.). Dastur Hoshang Memorial Volume: Being Papers on Iranian Subjects. Bombay: Fort Printing Press. OCLC 500234890.

References
  1. "CHRISTENSEN, ARTHUR EMANUEL – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. مجلهٔ یغما، شمارهٔ ۲۵۳. ص۴۸۵



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