Laurence Marcellus Larson (September 23, 1868 – March 9, 1938) was a Norwegian born, American educator, historian, writer and translator. His notable works included his translation fromOld Norse ofKonungs skuggsjá (Harvard UP, 1917).[1][2]
Laurence Larson was born atBergen inHordaland, Norway. He was the son of Christian Spjutoy Larson (1840–1919) and Ellen Mathilde (Bruland) Larson (1839–1916). He emigrated to the United States with his family in May 1870. He studied atDrake University and theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison.[3] Larson was appointed to the UW faculty as a Scandinavian languages and history professor on April 17, 1906, but resigned later that year, on June 27.[4] He joined theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1907 and was appointed chair of the history department in 1923, joining another renowned scholar of Scandinavanian studies at Illinois,George T. Flom. Larson continued teaching at UIUC until his September 1937 retirement.[5]
"Did John Scolvus Visit Labrador and New-Foundland in or about 1476?"Scandinavian Studies and Notes, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May, 1922): 81-89. <https://www.jstor.org/stable/40915104>
The Earliest Norwegian Laws: Being the Gulathing Law and the Frostathing Law. New York: Columbia University Press (1935)
^Theodore C. Pease (September 1938). "Laurence Marcellus Larson 1868–1938".Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society.31 (3). Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Vol. 31, No. 3 pp. 245–261:245–261.JSTOR40187533.
^The King's Mirror (Speculum regale-Konungs skuggsjá) translated from the old Norwegian by Laurence Marcellus Larson. Open Library.OL14016874M.
Larsen, Laurence M.: "Scientific Knowledge in the North in the Thirteenth Century." In:Publications of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Vol. 1, No. 4 (November, 1913), pp. 139-146. <https://www.jstor.org/stable/40914916>
