Eiríkur Magnússon, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Eiríkur Magnússon

Icelandic librarian and scholar and translator of Old Norse

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1833

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1913

Profession: translator, philologist

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Eiríkr or Eiríkur Magnússon (1 February 1833 – 24 January 1913) was an Icelandic scholar at the University of Cambridge, who taught Old Norse to William Morris, translated numerous Icelandic sagas into English in collaboration with him, and played an important role in the movement to study the history and literature of the Norsemen in Victorian England.