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Hermann Pálsson

Hermann Palsson studied Icelandic at the University of Iceland and Celtic at University College, Dublin. He was a professor of Icelandic at the University of Edinburgh and a general editor at the New Saga Library. Palsson wrote many books on the history and literature of medieval Iceland. He died in 2003.

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