Vilhelm Thomsen
Danish linguist and turkologist
Vilhelm Ludwig Peter Thomsen was a Danish linguist and Turkologist. He successfully deciphered the Orkhon inscriptions which were discovered during the expedition of Nikolai Yadrintsev in 1889. Wikipedia
Born: January 25, 1842, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: May 12, 1927 (age 85 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Education: Copenhagen University