About Roar Tank
Lived 1880 – 1957 (aged 77). Roar Tank was a Norwegian historian, biographer and pedagogue.
Roar Tank (27 June 1880 – 29 October 1957) was a Norwegian educator and local historian.
Roar Tank was the son of the historian Yngvar Nielsen. He worked as a teacher and acting headmaster at the Latin school of Drammen. Like his father, he published many travel books, published in Norwegian, German, French, and English. He also wrote local history books about Modum and Jarlsberg and his father's biography Idyll og arbeidsår. He also wrote two chapters of Småskrifter for bokvenner.
Works Vinter i Norge (1906) Under krigsfare og skattetryk (1912) Jarlsberg hovedgaard og dens besiddere gjennem tiderne (1930) Modums historie (1941) Idyll og arbeidsår (1956)
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Who was Roar Tank?
historian (1880–1957)
When was Roar Tank born?
Roar Tank was born on 27 June 1880 in Oslo Municipality, Oslo.
When did Roar Tank die?
Roar Tank died on 29 October 1957 in Drammen.
What was Roar Tank's occupation?
Roar Tank was a historian, biographer and pedagogue.
What nationality was Roar Tank?
Roar Tank was Norwegian.
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