Edgeir Reidar Benum (born 13 October 1939 in Verdal) is a Norwegian historian. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Verdal is a municipality in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
He graduated from the the University of Oslo with a cand.philol. degree in 1967, and worked as a scholarship holder there from 1968 to 1972. The University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo Universitas Osloensis is the oldest and largest University in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital Candidatus philologiae (male or Candidata philologiae (female often abbreviated cand He then became a professor in history at the University of Tromsø from 1973 to 1980 and then at the University of Oslo since 1980. The University of Tromsø ( Norwegian: Universitetet i Tromsø) is the world's northernmost University. The University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo Universitas Osloensis is the oldest and largest University in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital He has twice been a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley