Holmboe, Kristoffer Andreas

Holmboe, Kristoffer Andreas a Norwegian Orientalist, was born March 19, 1796. In 1825 he was professor at Christiania, resigned his office in 1876, and died April 2,1882. He is the author of, Traces du Budhisme en Norvege Avant l'Introduction de Christianisme (1857): — Bibelsk Real-Ordbog (1868). (B.P.)