Jakob Sverdrup (10 April 1881 – 21 November 1938) was a Norwegian philologist and lexicographer.

Personal life

He was born in

Leikanger Leikanger () is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Hermansverk, which also was th ...

as a son of the bishop and politician

Jakob Sverdrup Jakob Sverdrup may refer to: *Jakob Sverdrup (politician) (1845–1899), Norwegian bishop and politician *Jakob Sverdrup (philologist) (1881–1938), Norwegian philologist *Jakob Sverdrup (historian) (1919–1997), Norwegian historian {{hndis, nam ...

(1845–1899). He was a brother of

Georg Johan Sverdrup Georg Johan Sverdrup (January 26, 1885 – November 4, 1951) was a professor of the history of religion. Life and family Sverdrup was born in Stockholm; he was the son of the bishop and politician Jakob Sverdrup and the brother of the Germanic p ...

, uncle of historian

, a first cousin of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Jr, and

Leif Sverdrup Leif Johan Sverdrup CBE (11 January 1898 – 2 January 1976) was a Norway, Norwegian-born American civil engineer and General officer, general with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his ...

, a nephew of

Georg Sverdrup Georg Sverdrup (born Jørgen Sverdrup; 25 April 1770 – 8 December 1850) was a Norwegian statesman, best known as one of the presidents of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in Eidsvoll in 1814. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and ...

and

Edvard Sverdrup Johan Edvard Sverdrup (22 June 1861 – 21 January 1923) was a Norwegian educator, author and church leader. Sverdrup was one of the key theologians in the Church of Norway in the first few decades of the 1900s. Biography Sverdrup was born in Ba ...

, grandson of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Sr, grandnephew of

Johan Sverdrup Johan Sverdrup (30 July 1816 – 17 February 1892) was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first prime minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism and served as the 4th prime minister of Norway. Sverdrup ...

and great-grandson of

Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup (8 February 1775 – 15 May 1841) was a Norwegian educator and farmer, known for establishing the first agricultural school in Scandinavia. Personal life Sverdrup was born at Laugen manor in Nærøy as a son of landowner ...

Career

He was hired as a lecturer at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top univers ...

in 1917, took the

dr.philos. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

degree in 1928 with the thesis ''Zum germanischen Verbalsystem'', and was promoted to professor of

Germanic philology Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary t ...

in 1929. Among his works were a German-Norwegian dictionary, released in two volumes in 1933 and 1936.

References

1881 births 1938 deaths Norwegian philologists Germanists Linguists of Germanic languages Norwegian lexicographers Academic staff of the University of Oslo People from Leikanger 20th-century philologists 20th-century lexicographers {{Norway-academic-bio-stub