Christopher Andreas Holmboe
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Norwegian philologist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Christopher Andreas Holmboe was a Norwegian philologist, orientalist and numismatist. Holmboe was born at Vang in Oppland, Norway. He was son of parish priest Jens Holmboe and brother of mathematician Bernt Michael Holmboe. He attended the Oslo Cathedral School and graduated as cand.theol. in 1818. He was professor of oriental languages at the University of Christiania from 1825 to 1876. He also served as warden of the University Coin Cabinet.
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