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Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the time-Rasmus Bjørn Anderson (January 12, 1846 - March 2, 1936) was an American author, professor, publisher, businessman, and diplomat. He drew popular attention to the fact that Viking explorers were the first Europeans to arrive in the New World and was the creator of Leif Erikson's Day. Anderson was born in the city of Albion in Dane County, Wisconsin, and grew up in Koshkoning. Her parents Bjørn Anderson Kvelve (1801-1850) and Abel Cathrine von Krogh (1809-1885) were immigrants from Sandeid / Vikedal at Ryfylke in Rogaland county, Norway. Her mother was also of Danish, Swedish, German, Dutch and Flemish descent. Her parents were part of a small band of Quaker sympathizers who organized a Norwegian emigration to the United States in 1836.Anderson graduated from Luther College and the University of Wisconsin. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison from 1867 to 1883. While there, he was the founding director of the Department of Scandinavian Studies, the oldest department of an American university. He also persuaded Norwegian violinist Ole Bull to give a concert to benefit a projected Norwegian-language library at the university.