Carl Richard Unger
Norwegian historian and philologist
About Carl Richard Unger
Lived 1817 – 1897 (aged 80). Carl Richard Unger was a Norwegian philologist, university teacher and historian.
Carl Richard Unger (2 July 1817 – 30 November 1897) was a Norwegian historian and philologist. Unger was professor of Germanic and Romance philology at the University of Christiania from 1862
Early life Unger was born in Christiania, now Oslo, to Johan Carl Jonassen Unger and Annemarie Wetlesen. 1847-: Diplomatarium Norvegicum 1848: Alexanders saga 1848: Konungs skuggsjá (with Rudolf Keyser and P. A. Munch) 1849: Olafs Saga hins helga (with Rudolf Keyser) 1850: Strengleikar (with Rudolf Keyser) 1851: Barlaams ok Josaphats Saga 1853: Saga þiðriks konungs af Bern 1853: Saga Olafs konungs ens helga (with P. A. Munch) 1860: Karlamagnus Saga ok kappa hans 1860-68: Flateyjarbók, 3 volumes (with Guðbrandur Vigfússon) 1862: Stjórn 1864: Gammel norsk Homiliebog 1867: Morkinskinna 1868: Heimskringla 1869: Thomas saga erkibyskups 1871: Mariu saga 1871: Codex Frisianus 1873: Konunga sögur 1874: Postola sögur 1877: Heilagra manna sögur, 2 volumes
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Norwegian historian and philologist (1817-1897)
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Carl Richard Unger was born on 2 July 1817 in Christiania.
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Carl Richard Unger died on 30 November 1897.
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Carl Richard Unger was a philologist, university teacher and historian.
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