1. Jakob Rudolf Keyser was a Norwegian historian, archaeologist and educator.
10 Facts About Rudolf Keyser
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Jakob Rudolf Keyser was born in Christiania, now Oslo, Norway.
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Rudolf Keyser was the son of Bishop Johan Michael Keyser and his second wife Kirsten Margarethe Wangensteen.
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Rudolf Keyser was the brother of professor Fredrik Wilhelm Keyser and theologian Christian Nicolai Keyser.
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Rudolf Keyser became a professor in 1831 and remained at the university until he retired in 1862.
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Rudolf Keyser cataloged and categorized prehistoric artifacts which had originated from excavations.
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Rudolf Keyser did so utilizing the chronological system developed by Christian Jurgensen Thomsen.
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Rudolf Keyser was most commonly associated with the Theory on immigration to Norway.
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Rudolf Keyser was a supporter of the migration theory that the Norse tribes had wandered into Norway from the north and east, a view shared by Peter Andreas Munch, a former student of Rudolf Keyser.
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Rudolf Keyser became a knight in the Order of St Olav in 1847.