Thorkild Jacobsen

Thorkild Jacobsen
Born(1904-06-07)7 June 1904
Died2 May 1993(1993-05-02) (aged 88)
NationalityDanish
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen (MA)
University of Chicago (PhD)
Known forThe Treasures of Darkness Sumerian King List
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsAssyriology
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Harvard University

Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen (Danish: [ˈtsʰɒːkʰil ˈjɑkʌpsn̩]; 7 June 1904 – 2 May 1993) was a Danish historian specializing in Assyriology and Sumerian literature. He was one of the foremost scholars on the ancient Near East.