LC control no. | n 79021929 |
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Personal name heading | Magnússon, Magnús |
Variant(s) | Magnús Magnússon Magnús Sigursteinsson |
Found in | Grœnlendinga þáttr. The Vinland sagas, 1965. His Landið, sagan og sögurnar, 1987: t.p. (Magnús Magnússon) p. 6 (b. in Reykjavík, moved with his parents to Scotland when he was 9 months old & has lived there since; Icelandic citizen) WW, 1987 (Magnusson, Magnus; b. 10/12/29; MA (Oxon); writer & broadcaster) Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 8, 2007 (Magnús Magnússon, KBE; b. Oct. 12, 1929, Reykjavík; d. Jan. 7, 2007; television presenter, journalist, translator, and writer, of Icelandic origin; never took British citizenship but lived in Scotland for nearly all his life; presenter for 25 years of the BBC television quiz programme Mastermind; under Icelandic naming conventions, his name would have been Magnús Sigursteinsson, but his family adopted Scottish naming conventions and used his father's last name) |