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Þorleifur Repp - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Þorleifur Repp
- Þorleifur Guðmundsson Repp (also spelled Thorleifur Repp; 6 July 1794 in Reykjadalur, Iceland – 4 December 1857 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was an Icelandic scholar and philologist.
- He studied at the University of Copenhagen, but in 1826 failed his defense.
- He later worked variously as a writer, journalist, translator, librarian, and language teacher.
- In 1825, he worked as a sub-librarian at the Advocates Library in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- In 1837, he returned to Copenhagen, where in 1838, he edited the newspaper Dagen.
- In 1848–1850, he edited the newspaper Tiden.
- His published translations include a translation of the Laxdæla saga into Latin (1826) and a translation of Rasmus Rask's Danish Grammar into English (1846).
