Karl Axel Lichnowsky Kock (

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2 March 1851 – Lund 18 March 1935) was a Swedish philologist, professor of Scandinavian languages at

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He studied in Lund and

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, finished both his licentiate and doctorate degrees in 1879 and became a university

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of Scandinavian languages the same year. He was professor of Scandinavian languages at

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1890-1893 and served as rector of the university in 1891. He resigned from the chair in 1893, possibly because of his bad eyesight, and spent the next several years without an academic position. He accepted the professorship of Scandinavian languages at Lund when it was offered to him in 1907 and retained it until his retirement in 1916. He served as rector of the university 1911-1916. Kock was a prolific contributor to the journal '' Arkiv för nordisk filologi'' already from its start in 1883, and served as its editor-in-chief from 1888 until 1928. After retiring from the editorship, a 575-page

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was dedicated to him. Kock was elected a member of the

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in 1906, of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1913, and of the

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in 1924.Ture Johannisson, "Kock, Karl Axel Lichnowsky", ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', 21, p. 449

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References

*Johannisson, Ture: "Kock, Karl Axel Lichnowsky", ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', 21, p. 449-452

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kock, Axel Swedish philologists Members of the Swedish Academy Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Lund University faculty Rectors of Lund University Rectors of the University of Gothenburg 1851 births 1935 deaths Members of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy