Jørgen Erik Nielsen, Dr. Phil. was an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. Nielsen graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1959. In 1976 he was awarded the D.Phil. degree for a dissertation on the Danish reception of contemporary English literature 1800–1840. He researched and published on the reception of English and Russian literature in Denmark in the 19th century. His research also resulted in a number of publications on Danish linguists of the 19th and 20th century. He contributed to A Linguist's Life, An English Translation of Otto Jespersen's Autobiography, by Arne Juul, Hans Frede Nielsen and Jørgen Erik Nielsen, Odense 1995, and published several articles and contributions on the work of Otto Jespersen. Furthermore, Nielsen researched and published on the work of Svend Rosing, who published a major Danish-English dictionary in 1853. Jørgen Erik Nielsen retired in March 2002. After his retirement, he continued his research on the reception in Denmark of contemporary English and Russian writers. In 2006 he finished his contribution to Reception of Sir Walter Scott in Europe, by Murray Pittock, London 2007 and a comprehensive manuscript on the reception of Charles Dickens in Denmark, which is scheduled for publication in 2009. He was an active member of the Danish Dickens Society and contributed with a number of articles in its journal "Our Mutual Friend". Jørgen Erik Nielsen was the son of Holger Marius Nielsen and Ellen Ingeborg Marie Nielsen and grew up in Glostrup, approximately 10 kilometres west of Copenhagen. In 1967 he married Irene Ishøy. He is the father of three children, Henrik Karl Nielsen, Anne Merete Nielsen and Anders Christian Nielsen.
Publication record
Jørgen Erik Nielsen is the author of several books and articles on the Danish reception of English and Russian literature and on the history English studies in Denmark. His publication record includes inter alia:
Den engelske litteraturs dyrkere i Holsten omkring 1820. Et formildlende led mellem England og Danmark., Copenhagen 1966.
His pirates had foray'd on Scottish hill: Scott in Denmark with an Overview of his Reception in Norway and Sweden, by Jørgen Erik Nielsen in Reception of Sir Walter Scott in Europe, by Murray Pittock, London 2007.
