Vilhelm Thomsen

Vilhelm Thomsen
Born
Vilhelm Ludwig Peter Thomsen

(1842-01-25)25 January 1842
Copenhagen
Died12 May 1927(1927-05-12) (aged 85)
Copenhagen
NationalityDanish
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Occupation(s)professor
linguist
Turkologist
AwardsOrder of the Elephant

Vilhelm Ludwig Peter Thomsen (25 January 1842 – 12 May 1927) was a Danish linguist and Turkologist. He successfully deciphered the Orkhon inscriptions which were discovered during the expedition of Nikolai Yadrintsev in 1889.[1]

  1. ^ Konow, Sten. 1927. Vilhelm Thomson. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, No. 4 (October 1927): 929–934.

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