Martin Lamm (22 June 1880 – 5 May 1950) was a

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. Lamm was the son of businessman

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and Lisen Philipson. He became

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of literature at

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in 1908. Lamm was professor at

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1919–1945. In 1928, he became a member of the

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. Lamm was the first scholar to systematically edit the unpublished papers of

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and to conduct serious studies on the works of

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. He also wrote a biography on

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. Lamm died in a tram accident on

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in Stockholm.

Sources

* Svenska Dagbladets årsbok : 1950, ed. Erik Rudberg, Edvin Hellbom, Stockholm 1951 p. 286. * Lamm 5, Herman Fredrik in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911). {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamm, Martin 1880 births 1950 deaths Academic staff of Uppsala University Members of the Swedish Academy