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A. B. (Anders Björn) Drachmann
1860–1935
A Danish classical scholar with a wide-ranging mind, he wrote on everything from Roman constitutional law to early Christianity and helped bring Søren Kierkegaard’s papers into print. His work joined exacting philology with a broader interest in religion, literature, and intellectual history.
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Atheism in Pagan Antiquity
by A. B. (Anders Björn) Drachmann
About the author
Born in Copenhagen in 1860, A. B. Drachmann was a Danish classical philologist and later professor of classical philology at the University of Copenhagen, where he taught from 1896 to 1926. Danish reference sources describe him as a broad humanistic scholar, and not only a specialist in Greek and Latin texts.
His writing ranged widely. Alongside philological and literary studies, he published work on Roman state law, early Christianity, and Paul, and he is also associated with editions of Søren Kierkegaard’s papers and collected works. That combination helps explain why his books can appeal both to readers of the ancient world and to those interested in religion and ideas.
Drachmann died in 1935. He is also noted in Danish biographical sources as the half-brother of the poet Holger Drachmann, but his own reputation rests on his long academic career and the breadth of his scholarship.