Jakob Jakobsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jakob Jakobsen

Faroese linguist

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1864

Place of Birth: Tórshavn, Tórshavnar, Faroe Islands

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1918

Profession: writer, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Dr.
Jakob (properly Jákup) Jakobsen, (22 February 1864 — 15 August 1918), was a Faroese linguist as well as a scholar of literature.
He was the first Faroese person to earn a doctoral degree.
The subject of his doctoral thesis was the Norn language in Shetland.