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that were unknown to scholars at the time. Heiberg was permitted by the Greek Orthodox Church to take photographs of the palimpsest's pages, and from these he produced transcriptions, published between 1910 and 1915 in a complete works of Archimedes. Heiberg's examination of the manuscript was with
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in 1893 and served as its editor in 1902–13. He was president of Rask-Ørstedfondet from 1919 until his death. Among his more than 200 publications were translations of the works of
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From 1884 to 1896, alongside first Søren Georg Møller (1834–1890) and then Søren Ludvig Tuxen (1850–1919), he was principal of Borgerdyd School in
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and later captain Michael Overgaard Asmussen (1827–92) and Laura Nicoline Margrethe Johnsen (1830–92).
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On 6 April 1879, he was married to Cathrine Asmussen (7 October 1856 - 25 August 1929), daughter of
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from 1896 until 1924 and Professor of Archeology from 1896 until 1911. He became a member of the
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The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th-century parchment codex palimpsest. Heiberg inspected the
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PDF scans of Heiberg's edition of the works of Archimedes, now in the public domain
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the naked eye only, while modern analysis of the texts has employed
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in 1907 and a Commander Second Class in 1924. He was awarded the
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Recipients of the Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog
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in 1906, and realized that it contained mathematical works by
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in 1871. He acquired a degree in classical philology from the
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A Meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
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in 1876 and spent the next few years teaching. He acquired a
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Members of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
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translated into English. He also published an edition of
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Commanders Second Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
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The Archimedes Palimpsest at the Walters Art Museum
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Johan Ludvig Heiberg (poet)


Danish
philologist
historian
Archimedes Palimpsest
Euclid's Elements
T. L. Heath
Ptolemy's
Almagest
Aalborg
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
Max Henius
Aalborg Cathedral School
University of Copenhagen
doctorate degree
Østerbro
University of Copenhagen
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Archimedes
Euclid
Apollonius of Perga
Serenus of Antinouplis
Ptolemy
Hero of Alexandria
vellum
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Istanbul
Archimedes

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