| Description | Invitation from 'Madame Kamma Nyrop,' a widow, for the marriage of her son, 'Monsieur Kristoffer Nyrop,' a professor at the University of Copenhagen, with 'Mademoiselle Margrethe Schielderup.' The wedding took place in Bergen, Norway, on Friday the 13th of July 1888. |
| AdminHistory | Kristoffer Nyrop, obituary in The New York Times (digitised online), April 13, 1931: (URL: https://www.nytimes.com/1931/04/14/archives/kristoffer-nyrop-philologist-is-dead-expert-in-romance-languages.html)
KRISTOFFER NYROP, PHILOLOGIST, IS DEAD; Expert in Romance Languages and Retired Professor of Copenhagen University Was 73.
COPENHAGEN, April 13.—Professor Kristoffer Nyrop, internationally known Danish philologist, died today at the age of 73 of a kidney disease. He was an acknowledged expert in Romance languages. Professor Nyrop, who for the last twenty-five years had been completely blind, was none the less the author of several important works and lectured until 1928 at Copenhagen University. He was an honorary member of most of the academies of the world and had been lecturer at virtually all the noted universities. He was an honorary member of the Modern Language Association of America.
Dr. Nyrop was the recipient of several honorary degrees and of three prizes. In 1911 he won the Prix Michonnis, in 1912 the Diez Prize and in 1917 the Prix Saintour. He held honorary doctorates from the Universities of Strasbourg and Paris and was a member of the Danish and Finish Academy of Sciences. He was an associate member of the Academia Nazionale dei Lincel of Rome and of the French Academy. He was born in 1858. |