Björg Carítas Þorláksson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Icelandic writer and translator
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Place of Birth: Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland
About Björg Carítas Þorláksson
- Björg Carítas Þorláksson (also cited as Bjorg Caritas Thorlaksson; 30 January 1874 – 25 February 1934) was an Icelandic scholar and teacher.
- After earning her teaching certificate in Ytriey she taught for three years and studied in Denmark, before applying to the Reykjavík Junior College to further her education.
- Refused admittance, she moved back to Copenhagen and earned a Danish teaching degree.
- She studied at the Athens Classes to learn Greek and Latin and was admitted to graduate study at the University of Copenhagen.
- After her marriage, she abandoned her studies to work on the preparation of an Icelandic-Danish Dictionary, for the next two decades with her husband.
- When the dictionary was completed, his work was recognized and hers was not.
- Divorcing, she moved to Paris and attained a PhD, the first woman in Iceland to attain the distinction.
- Suffering from ill-health, she published until her death from breast cancer.
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