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Place of Birth: Brandbu, Oppland, Norway
About Kristian Horn
- Kristian Horn (12 May 1903 – 28 April 1981) was a Norwegian botanist and humanist. He was born in Brandbu as a son of store owner Martinius Horn (1887–1956) and Gina Kristoffersen (1875–1931).
- In 1932 he married Ester Jynge, a daughter of railway director Andreas Grimelund Jynge.
- Their son Per Kristian Horn became a scenographer, and was formerly married to Ellen Horn.
- Kristian Horn is also a grandfather of Anders Horn. He finished secondary school at Hegdehaugen School in 1922.
- After lengthy studies he graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.real.
- degree in 1937.
- He had among others studied abroad and been a research assistant at the University Botanical Garden from 1929.
- His main interests were genetics, cytology and evolutionary theory.In 1947 he was promoted to associate professor.
- He was also a science lecturer at Oslo Public Teachers' College from 1945.
- However, he is mainly remembered as co-founder of the Norwegian Humanist Association, the Norwegian body of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, in 1956.
- He served as its first chairman, having previously chaired Foreningen for borgerlig konfirmasjon from 1950 to 1957.Horn was also a violinist, and chair of the Students' Orchestra from 1945 to 1953.
- He resided in Bærum, where he died in April 1981.
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