- Johannes Brøndsted
Johannes Brøndsted, (born 5 October 1890 in
Jutland - died 16 November 1965) was a Danisharchaeologist and prehistorian.Education
In 1920, he received his doctorate for his work on the relations between Anglo-Saxon and Nordic art in Viking times.
Field work
In 1922 and 1922, he worked in the field with E. Dyggve, and excavated early
Christian monuments inDalmatia . His account of this excavation was published as "Recherches à Salone" (1928).Positions
From 1941 through 1951, Brøndsted was a professor of Nordic archeology and
Europe an prehistory at theUniversity of Copenhagen . He left this position to become the director of theNational Museum of Denmark inCopenhagen , a position he held from 1951 through 1960.Major published works
* "Recherches à Salone" (1928)
* "Danmarks Oldtid" (three vols.; 2e; 1957-1959), a prehistory ofDenmark
* "The Vikings" (1960) (English edition: trans. Kalle Skov; Penguin, Harmondsworth; 1965; ISBN 0140204598)Recognition and distinctions
* 1952, Corresponding Fellow of the
British Academy
* 1953, gold medal of theRoyal Society of Antiquities
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