Holberg

/ ˈhɒlbɜːɡ /

noun

1. HolbergLudvig16841754MDanishNorwegianWRITING: playwrightWRITING: poetHISTORY: historian Ludvig, Baron. 1684–1754, Danish playwright, poet, and historian, born in Norway: considered the founder of modern Danish literature

Example Sentences

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

He received the Holberg Prize in 2013 and the Kyoto Prize in 2021, each considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the humanities and social sciences.

From New York Times

He received the Holberg Prize in 2013 and the Kyoto Prize in 2021, each considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the humanities and social sciences.

From New York Times