Rasmus Nyerup
Rasmus Nyerup was a Danish literary historian, philologist, folklorist and librarian.
He was assistant at the Royal Library from 1778, and its secretary during 1709-1803.
From 1803, he was head librarian of Copenhagen University Library.
He was a very productive and diligent reviewer and writer, mostly on Danish literary history.
With Rasmus Rask, he published a Danish translation of the Prose Edda in 1808, and with
Jens Edvard Kraft a general literary history of Denmark, Norway and Iceland.
He was co-founder of the "Society for Future Generations" and the Scandinavian Literary Society. He initiated the foundation of the National Museum of Denmark.
