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Ari Thorgilsson

Ari Thorgilsson  (c. 1067-1148) was an Icelandic chieftain, priest, and historian.

.Author of Íslendingabók  (1133) , A history of the settlement of Iceland up to 1120 which included details of Danish settlements in both Greenland and North America 

In addition heis also credited with contributing much to the  Landnámabók- a work listing  the genealogies and histories of Icelandic nobles.   

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