Background
SORENSEN, Knud was born on February 2, 1928 in Aarhus. Son of late Oscar Sorensen and Ingeborg Petersen.
SORENSEN, Knud was born on February 2, 1928 in Aarhus. Son of late Oscar Sorensen and Ingeborg Petersen.
Copenhagen University.
Lecturer, Handelshojskolen i Kobenhavn 1955-1962. Professor Danmarks Laererhojskole 1962-1967. Professor, of English Philology, Aarhus University since 1967.
Association.
Thomas Lodge’s Translation of Seneca's De Benefieiis 1960, Engelsk grammatik (with P. Steller) 1966, Engelske lAn i dansk 1973, Aspects of Modem English Prose Style 1975, English Influence on Contemporary Danish 1982, Charles Dickens: Linguistic Innovator 1985, English Past and Present 1988, English and Danish Contrasted 1991.
Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund, Royal Danish Academy.
Married 1st Gerda Riisberg in 1955 (died in 1973), 2nd Margit Riisberg in 1975.