Edvard Isak Hambro (3 July 1847 – 29 August 1909) was a Norwegian educator.

Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of Carl Joachim Hambro (1813–1873) and Angelique Cathrine Bull (1813–1899). Edvard Isak Hambro had six sisters and one older brother. His paternal grandfather was a Danish Jew who had migrated to Norway in 1810. He was a maternal grandson of

Georg Jacob Bull Georg Jacob Bull (born 1 August 1785 in Christiania, died 12 December 1854) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was a stipendiary magistrate (''byfogd'') of Bergen from 1810 to 1821. While stationed here, he was elected to the Norwegian Par ...

, brother-in-law of Nils A. Dahl, first cousin of Edvard Isak Hambro Bull and the judge Edward Isak Hambro, and a first cousin once removed of the British banker Charles Joachim Hambro. In May 1880 in Bergen he married Nicoline Christine (Nico) Harbitz (1861–1926). They had the children Carl Joachim (C. J.) Hambro and Elise Hambro, and through C. J. Hambro they had the grandchildren

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, Carl Joachim Hambro and Johan Hambro.

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1863, and first studied theology, then philology. He spent one year at the

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, but graduated from the

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in 1869 with the

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degree. He then studied

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and

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as a

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in Germany, but stopped his scholarly career and instead became a language teacher (Greek, Latin, German) in the school system. He worked at Tanks School from 1871 to 1878, then founded his own school which he directed until his death. He was a modern educator in several respects; he introduced 45 minute lessons, more

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and

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, and education for girls. He contributed to the founding of

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in 1876 and ''

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'' in 1880. He was affiliated with the

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for some time, but later cut his connections to the party; he served in Bergen city council from 1902 to 1904, elected from an "a-political ballot list".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hambro, Edvard Isak 1847 births 1909 deaths Schoolteachers from Bergen Norwegian people of Danish-Jewish descent University of Oslo alumni 19th-century Norwegian educators Politicians from Bergen Sloyd