Biography of Ole Worm

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Ole Worm, otherwise known as Olaus Wormius, was a Danish antiquary, natural historian, and physician. The Wormian bones in the human head are named after him. He authored the first written study of runestones, and it is today one of the only surviving sources for a plethora of depictions of Danish runestones and inscriptions, some of which are now lost. He is considered to be the founder of Danish research into runes.

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1588 – He is born in Aarhus, Denmark-Norway

c.1601 – he is sent to Germany at the age of 13 to attend good schools

1605 – he studies theology at the University of Marburg

1611 – he receives his doctor of medicine degree from University of Bassel

1613 – he returns to Copenhagen where he is appointed professor of pedagogy

1615 – he is promoted to a professorship in Greek language

1617 – he receives his master of arts degree from the University of Copenhagen

1618 – he becomes Dean of the University of Copenhagen

1621 – he is advanced to a professorship in Physics

1624 – he is named Professor of Medicine, succeeding Caspar Barholin

1626 – he publishes his ‘Fasti Danici’ (Danish Chronology)

1636 – he publishes his ‘Runir sue Danica literatura antiquissima’ (Runes: the oldest Danish literature)

1638 – he determines that the unicorn does not exist and that the unicorn horns are from narwhals

1643 – he publishes his ‘Danicorum Monumentorum’ (Danish Monuments)

1654 – He dies from the plague in Copenhagen, Denmark-Norway

1654 – ‘Museum Wormianum’ is published posthumously

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References;

(1) – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280805177_Ole_Worm_1588-1654_-_anatomist_and_antiquarian

(2) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Worm

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