Jón Thorkelsson Vídalín

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 12, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 01, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 01, 2024
	Modified title of Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Jón Thóroddsen.	Gloria Lotha	May 23, 2011
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Jón Thóroddsen.	Grace Young	May 20, 2011
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 26, 2003
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998