William Brede Kristensen

William Brede Kristensen (21 June 1867 – 25 September 1953) was a Norwegian born, Dutch theologian, professor and historian of religion.

He was the son of parish priest Kristian Nicolai Kristensen (1838–1916) and Caroline Emilie Bjørnson (1841–1929).

In 1896 he received his Doctor Philosophiae from the University of Kristiania on a thesis titled The Egyptians' Conceptions of Life after Death in Relation to the Gods Ra and Osiris (Ægypternes Forestillinger om Liv efter Døden i Forbindelse med Guderne Ra og Osiris).

[4][5] Kristensen was granted a scholarship, combined with the duty of giving lectures at University of Kristiania in 1898.

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