Alexander Bugge
Alexander Bugge (30 December 1870, Christiania – 24 December 1929, Copenhagen) was a Norwegian historian.[1] He was professor at the Royal Frederick University from 1903–1912, and his main fields of interest were culture and society in the Viking Age and the development of trade and cities in Norway during the Middle Ages.[2]
Personal life
Alexander Bugge was son of the Norwegian
Career
In the biography written for
Bugge won an essay competition sponsored by the Nansen Foundation in 1903 on the question "How or to which extend have the Norse, and particularly the Norwegians, culture, way of living and society been influenced from the Western Countries [i.e. the British Isles]". During his work with this he learned the Irish language and did extensive studies of archives in Dublin and London.[2]
Bugge succeeded
Despite recognition as an excellent scholar and popular author, Bugge was not comfortable with his work as professor. According to Halvdan Koht, "being a teacher cost him [Bugge] unspeakable hardships... ...in the end making him sick"[note 1][2] According to Claus Krag, he also in suffered periods of serious problems related to alcohol.[2] Bugge resigned his professorship in 1912.
He remained a scholar and writer, giving lectures and publishing popular works on Norwegian history. Among other works, he published Illustreret verdenshistorie for hjemmet ("Illustrated World History for the Home"), in 9 volumes with more than 4000 pages, in the period 1920–29.[2] Bugge was killed in an accident in Copenhagen on Christmas Eve 1929, at the age of 59 years.[2]
Selected works
- Vikingerne (1905–06)
- "Bidrag til det sidste Afsnit af Nordboernes Historie i Irland", in Aarbøger for nordisk oldkyndighed og historie, II. (Kongelige Nordiske oldskrift-selskab). Copenhagen: H. H. Thirles Bogtrykkeri. (1904) pp. 248–315
- Duald Mac Firbis, On the Fomorians and the Norsemen. Christiania: J. Chr. Gundersens Bogtrykkeri. (1905)
- Caithreim Cellachain Caisil. Christiania: J. Chr. Gundersens Bogtrykkeri. (1905)
- Norges historie fremstillet for det norske folk (1909–16)
- Der Untergang der norwegischen Schiffart im Mittelalter (1914)
- Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (1914)
- Den norske sjøfarts historie (1923)
- Den norske trælasthandels historie (1925–28)
- Illustreret verdenshistorie for hjemmet (1920-29)
References and notes
- References
- ^ a b Alexander Bugge biography from Nordisk familjebok
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Krag, Claus. "Alexander Bugge". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- JSTOR 30008432.
- Notes
- ^ Full quote in Norwegian: "Det kosta han eit useieleg strev å vere lærar, han kunde ikkje sleppe seg laus og gje seg fritt og friskt inn i arbeide med studentane, katetre vart beint fram ein redsel for han, så han til slutt vart reint sjuk"