About Knud H. Lossius
Lived 1847 – 1915 (aged 67). Knud H. Lossius was a Norwegian head teacher and archaeologist.
Knut Henrik Holtermann Lossius (23 September 1847 – 9 March 1915) was a Norwegian educator and archaeologist.
He was born in 1847 as the son of Morten Lyng Lossius from Lade in Trondhjem, and was named after his maternal grandfather Knud H. Holtermann. He was a descendant of Lorentz Lossius, who migrated to Norway from Göttingen in the 17th century and became the first director of Røros Copper Works. Lossius received the Order of St. Olav in 1912. Lossiusvegen in Trondheim is named after him.
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Who was Knud H. Lossius?
Norwegian educator and archaeologist (1847-1915)
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Knud H. Lossius was born on 23 September 1847 in Trondheim.
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Knud H. Lossius died on 9 March 1915 in Trondheim.
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Knud H. Lossius was a head teacher and archaeologist.
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Knud H. Lossius was Norwegian.
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