Otto Lagercrantz

Carl Otto Lagercrantz (26 February 1868 – 13 January 1938) was a Swedish classical philologist and rector of Uppsala University.

[1] Otto Lagercrantz was born at Näsby in Jönköping County, Sweden.

In the field of papyrology, he became an international expert on alchemical manuscripts: he published the Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis in 1913 and was co-publisher of the definitive work in the area, Catalogue des manuscrits alchimiques grecs.

His other works concerned Greek drama, etymology, lexicography and the philology of the New Testament.

[1] Lagercrantz undertook study trips to Germany, England, the Netherlands, Italy and Greece.