Jakob Larsen

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1888 – 1974

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Who was Jakob Larsen?

Jakob Aall Ottesen Larsen was an American classical scholar.

Larsen was the son of Peter Laurentius Larsen, founding president of Luther College, and his second wife Ingeborg Astrup.

He received a BA from Luther College in 1908 and MA from Yale in 1911. He studied at Oxford University in 1914–1920. In 1928, Larsen received his Ph.D. from Harvard. The University of Vermont awarded him the LL.D. in 1953, and Luther College presented him with his D.Litt. in 1961.

Larsen worked as an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Washington from 1921 to 1926. From 1926 through 1929, he served in the same capacity at Ohio State University. He was promoted to Associate Professor and continued in that capacity at Ohio State University until 1930. In 1930–1943 he served as an Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago, then as a Professor

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Born
Mar 1, 1888
Decorah
Also known as
  • Jakob Aall Ottesen Larsen
  • J. A. O. Larsen
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • PhD, Harvard University
    History
    ( - 1928)
  • Yale University
  • Luther College
  • University of Oxford
Lived in
  • Iowa
  • Columbia
    ( - 1974/09/02)
Died
Sep 2, 1974
Columbia

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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