About Helge Gjessing
Lived 1886 – 1924 (aged 38). Helge Gjessing was a Norwegian anthropologist and archaeologist.
Helge Johan Gjessing (23 April 1886 – 4 July 1924) was a Norwegian archaeologist.
Biography He was born in Arendal in Agder County, Norway. He was a son of philologist Gustav Antonio Gjessing and his wife Helga Monrad. He was a grandson of university professor Marcus Jacob Monrad (1816-1897), a first cousin of Harald Gjessing, and through his brother, the vicar Marcus Jacob Gjessing, he was an uncle of archaeologist Gutorm Gjessing.
He enrolled as a student of history and archaeology in 1904, and graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1912. He died at a sanatorium in Gausdal in July 1924.
Personal life In 1913 he married Thale Sandvig from Lillehammer (1890–1918), a daughter of professor Anders Sandvig. Selected works Rogalands stenalder (1920).
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Norwegian archaeologist (1886-1924)
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