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About Helge Gjessing
- Helge Johan Gjessing (23 April 1886 – 4 July 1924) was a Norwegian archaeologist. He was born in Arendal as a son of philologist Gustav Antonio Gjessing and his wife Helga Monrad.
- He was a grandson of Marcus Jacob Monrad, a first cousin of Harald Gjessing, and through his brother, the vicar Marcus Jacob Gjessing, he was an uncle of archaeologist Gutorm Gjessing.
- In December 1913 he married Thale Sandvig from Lillehammer (1890–1918), a daughter of professor Anders Sandvig.He enrolled as a student of history and archaeology in 1904, and graduated with the cand.philol.
- degree in 1912.
- He was hired as curator at Stavanger Museum in 1913, and was promoted to director in 1914.
- He worked as subdirector at the Royal Frederick University from 1917.
- In 1920 he took the dr.philos.
- degree with the thesis Rogalands stenalder, about the Stone Age in Rogaland.
- He died at a sanatorium in Gausdal in July 1924.
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