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A. B. (Anders Björn) Drachmann
1860–1935
A Danish classical scholar with a wide range of interests, he wrote on the ancient world, early Christianity, and the history of ideas. His work still reaches modern readers through titles such as Atheism in Pagan Antiquity and through his editorial work on Søren Kierkegaard.
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Atheism in Pagan Antiquity
by A. B. (Anders Björn) Drachmann
About the author
Born in Copenhagen on February 27, 1860, Anders Bjørn Drachmann was a Danish classical philologist. Reference sources identify him mainly as A. B. Drachmann, and note that he died on August 22, 1935, at Bagsværd near Copenhagen.
Drachmann studied classical philology and built his career as a scholar of the ancient world. Biographical entries describe him as a professor and connect his research to subjects including Roman public law, early Christianity, and the letters of Paul. He is also remembered as an editor of Søren Kierkegaard’s collected works, which helped preserve and organize an important part of Danish literary and philosophical history.
For general readers today, he is perhaps most visible as the author of Atheism in Pagan Antiquity, a work that shows his interest in how religion and skepticism were discussed in the classical past. Even from a brief look at his career, he comes across as a careful, learned writer who moved comfortably between language, history, and philosophy.