Jón Thoroddsen junior
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Jón Skúlason Thoroddsen was an Iceland
ic author
. He was born in Breiðabólstaður á Skógarströnd. His parents were sýslumaður
Skúli Thoroddsen and his wife Theodora Guðmundsdóttir, who was a priest. After high school he studied law. In 1922, he published two books: Maria Magdalena and Flugur. He died in hospital after an accident.
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
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Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. He was born in Breiðabólstaður á Skógarströnd. His parents were sýslumaður
Sýslumaður
Sýslumaður is an office or title created in Iceland when it submitted to the King of Norway in 1262-1264. This sort of office had already been established in Norway, called sysselmann in contemporary Norwegian...
Skúli Thoroddsen and his wife Theodora Guðmundsdóttir, who was a priest. After high school he studied law. In 1922, he published two books: Maria Magdalena and Flugur. He died in hospital after an accident.
Sources
- Páll Eggert Ólason: Íslenzkar æviskrár frá landnámstímum til ársloka 1940. Reykjavik 1948.