Mogens Herman Hansen
FBA (born 20 August 1940,
Frederiksberg
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) is a Danish
classical philologist
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Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and ot ...
and
classical demographer who is one of the leading scholars in
Athenian Democracy and the
Polis
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.
Academic career
Hansen finished his masters at
University of Copenhagen
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in 1967. The following year he was engaged to work at the same university. He has written many books about the
Athenian Democracy. From 1993 to 2005 he was the director of the Copenhagen Polis Centre.
Hansen was visiting fellow at the
University of Melbourne
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,
University of British Columbia
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,
Wolfson College (
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
),
Princeton University
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, and
Churchill College
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In 1958, a trust was establish ...
(
Cambridge
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). Hansen is a member of the Royal
Danish Academy of Sciences
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, name = The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
, full_name =
, native_name = Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
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, by
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
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and the
British Academy
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It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...
.
In June 2010, Hansen retired after 40 years at
Copenhagen University
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.
Major works in English
*''The Sovereignty of the People's Court in Athens in the 4th c. B.C.'' (1974)
*''The Athenian Assembly'' (1987)
*''The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes'' (1991)
*''Acts of the Copenhagen Polis Centre I-VII'' (1993-2005)
*''Papers of the Copenhagen Polis Centre I-VII'' (1994-2004)
*''A Comparative Study of 30 City-State Cultures'' (2000)
*''Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis'' (2004)
Sources
* ''
Kraks Blå Bog
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The first edition was published in 1910 by Ove Krak and included 3,000 "life stories",''K ...
2006/2007''
References
Classical philologists
Fellows of the British Academy
Fellows of Churchill College, Cambridge
Fellows of Wolfson College, Cambridge
University of Copenhagen faculty
1940 births
Living people
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