Nicolay Nicolaysen | |
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Born | Bergen, Norway | 14 January 1817
Died | 22 January 1911 Oslo, Norway | (aged 94)
Nationality | Norway |
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Archaeology |
Nicolay Nicolaysen (14 January 1817 - 22 January 1911) was a Norwegian archaeologist and Norway's first state employed antiquarian. He is perhaps best known for his excavations of the ship burial at Gokstad in 1880. [1]