page_title: Vilhelm Thomsen
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Vilhelm Thomsen / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Kai Nielsen (1882-1924), Sprogforskeren, professor Vilhelm Thomsen, 1922-1923
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Thomsen married Karen Charlotte Allen (22 August 1852 - 15 August 1934), a daughter of historian C.F. Allen (1811–71) and Ide Marie Dorph (1812–1910), on 5 May 1876 in Frederiksberg.
  He died on 12 May 1927 in Copenhagen and is buried in Solbjerg Park Cemetery.
caption: Bust of Thomsen by Kai Nielsen, 1923
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "Kai Nielsen (1882-1924), Sprogforskeren, professor Vilhelm Thomsen, 1922-1923", "Image Artist": "Hans Petersen", "Image Copyright": "Public Domain (CC0)"}