Curt Weibull - Wikipedia Curt Weibull From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Curt Weibull Curt Weibull (19 August 1886 – 10 November 1991) was a Swedish historian, educator and author. [1] Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected works 3 See also 4 References 5 Other Sources 6 Related reading 7 External links Biography[edit] Curt Hugo Johannes Weibull was born in Lund, Sweden. He was a member of the noted Swedish Weibull family. He was the son of professor Martin Weibull (1835–1902) and brother of historian Lauritz Weibull (1873–1960). He and his brother both attended the University of Lund. [2] Curt Weibull was a professor of history at the University of Gothenburg from 1927–1953 and its rector from 1936 to 1946. In 1928 he and his brother, Lauritz Weibull, initiated the periodical Scandia. Together they are known for having introduced a critical theory of history to Swedish historical research, inspired by German historian Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886). Weibull was an important mentor to noted Swedish historian Erik Lönnroth (1910–2002) who further developed the methods of evaluating sources.[3][4] His most important and acclaimed work is a criticism regarding the interpretation and the ahistoricism of the Gesta Danorum by the 12th century Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus. This piece was named: Saxo. Kritiska undersökningar i Danmarks historia från Sven Estridsens död till Canute VI (Saxo. Critical studies in Denmark's history from Sven Estriden's death to Canute VI), and was rather controversial at the time, as it revealed the vague basis of Denmark's older history of the time. In 1991, when he was 105, his last work was published: an article in a book celebrating the 100th anniversary of the University of Gothenburg. That probably makes him the oldest historian in the world to have a new study published while still alive. An anecdote tells that when a Danish historian was counter-criticizing parts of Weibull's Ph.D. thesis (from 1916) on Saxo Grammaticus in his own thesis (believing Weibull to be dead since this was after his 100th birthday) Weibull appeared in the public disputation angrily defending his work. During the late 1970s, while lecturing about his life and his research to younger students, he had humorously remarked about a Danish professor who had criticized his own thesis when it appeared: "I haven't replied in depth to the criticism of the professor. But it's not too late, now is it?" Weibull was married to Gunilla Lundström and was the father of the Swedish historian and Liberal politician, Jorgen Weibull (1924–1998). Weibull was buried in Norra kyrkogården in Lund. Selected works[edit] Sverige och dess nordiska Grannmakter under den tidigare medeltiden (1921) Lübeck och Skånemarknaden. Studier i Lübecks pundtullsböcker och pundtullskvitton 1368-1369 och 1398-1400 (1922) Drottning Christina (1931) Göteborgs Högskola: dess förhistoria och uppkomst (1941) Händelser och utvecklingslinjer. Historiska studier (1949) Göta älvs mynning. Land och städer fram i äldre medeltid (1950) Tionden i Skåne under senare delen av 1600-talet (1952) Die Auswanderung der Goten aus Schweden (1958) Källkritik och historia: Norden under äldre medeltiden (1964) Die Geaten des Beowulfepos und Die dänischen Trelleburgen : zwei Diskussionsbeiträge (1974) See also[edit] Prehistoric Sweden Early Swedish history Semi-legendary kings of Sweden - a topic closely scrutinized by Curt Weibull References[edit] ^ "Curt Weibull". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2020. ^ "Martin Weibull". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2020. ^ "Leopold von Ranke". Gallery of Historians at the Institute of History. Archived from the original on December 6, 2003. Retrieved April 1, 2020. ^ "Lönnroth, Nils Erik Magnus (1910–2002)". Svenska Akademien. Retrieved April 1, 2020. Other Sources[edit] This article is fully or partially based on material from Nordisk familjebok, 1904–1926 and from Nationalencyklopedin online edition. Related reading[edit] Nilsson, Sven A. (1991) Curt Weibull (Årsbok, Yearbook of the Science Society of Lund) External links[edit] Scandia website Weibull family website Authority control GND: 119211017 ISNI: 0000 0001 2018 0836 LCCN: no2008122152 NTA: 071432655 SELIBR: 236557 SUDOC: 140338918 VcBA: 495/137792 VIAF: 55181262 WorldCat Identities: lccn-no2008122152 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Curt_Weibull&oldid=997357230" Categories: Swedish historians Swedish centenarians University of Gothenburg faculty Rectors of the University of Gothenburg 1886 births 1991 deaths People from Lund Lund University alumni 20th-century historians Hidden categories: Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VcBA identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Languages Dansk Norsk bokmål Norsk nynorsk Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 31 December 2020, at 03:35 (UTC). 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