Thorkild Jacobsen

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Thorkild Jacobsen
Born	June 7, 1904 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	May 2, 1993
Residence	United States
Nationality	Denmark
Fields	Assyriology
Institutions	University of Chicago (1929-1962), Harvard University (1962-1974)
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen (M.A.) University of Chicago (PhD, 1929)
Known for	The Treasures of Darkness
Notable awards	Guggenheim Fellowship

Thorkild Jacobsen (Danish pronunciation: [yahkobsen]) was a renowned historian specializing in Assyriology and Sumerian literature. Jacobsen received an M.A. from the University of Copenhagen and then came to the United States to study at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, where he received his PhD. He became a Field Assyriologist for the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute (1929-1937) and in 1946 became Director of the Oriental Institute. In 1962, Jacobsen became a professor of Assyriology at Harvard University, where he remained until his retirement in 1974.

[edit] Selected Works

The Sumerian King List, editor. (1939) Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; Assyriological Studies, No. 11.
Towards the Image of Tammuz and Other Essays in Mesopotamian History and Culture, edited by William L. Moran. Cambridge, 1970.
The Treasures of Darkness (1976)
The Harps that Once... Sumerian Poetry in Translation (1987)