1. John Frederick Lindow was born on July 23,1946 and is an American philologist who is Professor Emeritus of Old Norse and Folklore at University of California, Berkeley.
11 Facts About John Lindow
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John Lindow is a well known authority on Old Norse religion and literature.
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John Lindow was born in Washington, DC, on July 23,1946, the son of Wesley Lindow and Eleanor Niemetta.
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John Lindow's father was a banker and his mother was a teacher.
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John Lindow was since retired as Professor Emeritus of Old Norse and Folklore.
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In 1977, John Lindow was elected as a corresponding member of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy.
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John Lindow is a member of the American Folklore Society, the Medieval Academy of America and the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study.
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John Lindow specializes in the study of Old Norse religion and literature.
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John Lindow is an expert on Scandinavian folklore, Sami and Finnish mythology, and Inuit religion.
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John Lindow is the co-editor of the forthcoming Pre-Christian Religions of the North: History and Structures, which is to be published in four volumes by Brepols, and the forthcoming Old Norse Mythology, which is to be published by Oxford University Press.
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John Lindow married Katharine Forbes, a teacher, on October 4,1968, with whom he has two daughters.