Jens Braage Halvorsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jens Braage Halvorsen

Norwegian historian

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1845

Place of Birth: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

Date of Death: 22-Feb-1900

Profession: librarian, literary historian

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jens Braage Halvorsen (7 March 1845 – 22 February 1900) was a Norwegian librarian, magazine editor and literary historian.Halvorsen was born in Bergen, Norway.
In 1866, he relocated to Christiania (now Oslo).
He edited the magazine Ny Illustreret Tidende from 1880 to 1883.
He is particularly known for his principal work, the encyclopedia of Norwegian writers, Norsk forfatterlexikon, which was issued from 1881 until his death.
The encyclopedia was finished in 1908 by Halvdan Koht.
Halvorsen was Norwegian editor for the first edition of the encyclopedia Salmonsens Konversations-Lexikon.He was decorated Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St.
Olav in 1896.



Alternative names	Andreas Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanno
Description	German-Norwegian architect, sculptor and painter
Date of birth/death	15 December 1826	12 December 1882
Location of birth/death	Hamburg	Oslo
Work period	1850-1882
Work location	Norway
Authority control	: Q70903 VIAF: 24549400 ISNI: 0000 0000 6704 8755 ULAN: 500122018 LCCN: nr2004007444 BIBSYS: 1066751 WorldCat