Árni Magnússon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Árni Magnússon

Icelandic scholar and manuscript collector

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1663

Place of Birth: Dalarna, Dalarna County, Sweden

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1730

Profession: historian, university teacher, academic

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Árni Magnússon (13 November 1663 – 7 January 1730) was an Icelandic-Danish scholar and collector of manuscripts.
He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.