Hans Tambs Lyche

Hans Tambs Lyche ( 21 November 1859 – 16 April 1898) was a Norwegian engineer, Unitarian minister, journalist, and magazine editor.

Background Hans Tambs Lyche was born in Fredrikshald, in Østfold county, Norway. His parents were Wilhelm Julius Lyche (1823–1905) and Adelaide Thomine Tambs (1838–1867). From 1876-80, Lyche took engineering training at Kristiania Technical College (Kristiania tekniske Skole). He lived first in Chicago, where he became influenced by liberal theology. In 1881, he entered Meadville Theological School, a Unitarian seminary which at that time was located in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

He moved back to Norway in 1892, where he founded the magazine Kringsjaa, an international journal. He edited the magazine Norderhov, and from 1897 he was also subeditor of the newspaper Dagbladet.

Personal life Lyche was married in 1885 in Janesville, Wisconsin to Mary Rebecca Godden (March 25, 1856 – September 13, 1938). Hans Tambs Lyche died of tuberculosis at only 38 years old. and through him the grandfather of Guri Tambs-Lyche.

Selected works Ny-Idealismen (1896) Fulltext: Internetarkivet Mirakler, kultur og religion (1902) Fulltext: Internetarkivet Lysstreif over livsproblemer (1903) Fulltext: Internetarkivet