Holberg

British  

/ ˈhɒlbɜːɡ /

noun

1. Ludvig, Baron. 1684–1754, Danish playwright, poet, and historian, born in Norway: considered the founder of modern Danish literature

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Example Sentences

Both improbable and inspirational, the 70-member orchestra grew from a fledgling adult education program at the local high school into a beloved institution through the hard work of its founder, Joel Lish, and Eva Holberg.

From Los Angeles Times

Lish died in 2024 and Holberg two years earlier, but still the symphony played on.

From Los Angeles Times

His many honors included the Holberg Prize, an award recognizing academic scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology, which he won in 2009.

From Seattle Times

His many honors included, in 2009, the Holberg Prize, an award recognizing academic scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology.

From New York Times

Whatever the subject, whatever the audience, one idea that pervades all his work is that “science is a human enterprise,” Ragnar Fjelland and Roger Strand of the University of Bergen in Norway wrote when Professor Hacking won the Holberg Prize.

From New York Times