Peter Andreas Munch

Historian
BIRTHDAY
December 15,1810
Birthplace
Norway
Age
May 25,1863,age 52
Birth Sign
Sagittarius
BIRTHDAY
December 15,1810 (age May 25,1863,age 52)
Birthplace
Norway

About

Norwegian historian, scholar, and co-founder of the Norwegian Nationalist School of Historiography. In 1970, he published a work entitled The Song Tradition of Tristan da Cunha, and he also translated thirteenth-century Norse literature.

Before Fame

He studied law at the Royal Frederick University in Oslo, Norway.

Trivia

During the Norwegian nationalist period, he published a book of Norse mythology.

Family Life

He was the son of Edvard Storm Munch and Johanne Hofgaard.

Associated With

He was the uncle of acclaimed painter Edvard Munch.

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