Template:Did you know nominations/Lee M. Hollander
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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 01:38, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
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Lee M. Hollander
- ... that a 1906 article by American philologist Lee M. Hollander in Aftenposten was instrumental in ensuring the restoration of the home of Norwegian writer Petter Dass in Alstahaug? Source: Schulz-Berend, George; Lehmann, Winfred P.; Miller, David L.; Wilson, A. Leslie (1976). "In Memoriam: Lee M. Hollander" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ALT1:... that Lee M. Hollander lost his position as a lecturer in German at the University of Wisconsin–Madison due to the World War I rise in anti-German sentiment? Source: Schulz-Berend, George; Lehmann, Winfred P.; Miller, David L.; Wilson, A. Leslie (1976). "In Memoriam: Lee M. Hollander" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ALT2:... that Lee M. Hollander pioneered the translation of the works of the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard into the English language? Source: Schulz-Berend, George; Lehmann, Winfred P.; Miller, David L.; Wilson, A. Leslie (1976). "In Memoriam: Lee M. Hollander" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ALT3:... that Lee M. Hollander led the efforts to make the University of Texas at Austin one of America's most active institutions in Germanic studies? Source: Polomé, Edgar C., ed. (1969). "Lee M. Hollander: A Biographical Sketch" (PDF). Old Norse Literature and Mythology. University of Texas at Austin. p. 293. ISBN 0292783868.
- ALT4:... that Lee M. Hollander was considered America's leading authority on Skaldic poetry? Source: "Professor Dies Here". Austin American. October 20, 1972. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ALT5:... that Lee M. Hollander was one of the America's foremost authorities on Scandinavian studies? Source: Polomé, Edgar C., ed. (1989). Essays on Germanic Religion. Journal of Indo-European Studies Monograph Series. Vol. 6. Institute for the Study of Man. ISBN 0-941694-34-8. ISSN 0895-7258.
[T]he presence in the Department of Germanic Languages at the University of Texas at Austin of the Nestor of Scandinavian studies in the United States, Professor Lee M. Hollander, soon became an incentive to return to the papers lying dormant in a desk drawer...
Improved to Good Article status by Krakkos (talk). Self-nominated at 09:20, 9 February 2021 (UTC).
Interesting life, on fine sources, and I can read German. No copyvio obvious. Of the proposed, I like ALT3 so much better than the others, that I leave only that one. Suggestions for the article: something seems to be missing in the sentence about what his mother ... for him and his brother. In the publications, it should be Translator and editor, lower case for the second. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:30, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
