Rasmus Björn Anderson
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Rasmus Björn AndersonAlbion, Wisconsin, 1846 - 1936, Madison, Wisconsin
LC name authority rec. n79060410
LC Heading: Anderson, Rasmus Björn, 1846-1936
Biography:
Born: 1846
Died: 1936
1846-1936. American author, editor, and diplomat, b. Albion, Wis. Professor, U. of Wisconsin (1869-83); U.S. minister toDenmark (1885-89); president, Wisconsin Life Insurance Co. (1895-1922). Author of The Scandinavian Languages (1873), America not Discovered by Columbus (1874), Norse Mythology (1875), Viking Tales of the North (1877), etc.; translator of many Scandinavian works.
"Rasmus Bjorn Anderson." Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1995. Biography in Context. Web. 16 Nov. 2015.
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