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
Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side o ...
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'').
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He emigrated to the United States in 1880. He initially found work on a railroad in ]Iowa
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, where he became influenced by liberal theology. In 1881, he entered Meadville Theological School
The Meadville Lombard Theological School is a Unitarian Universalist seminary in Chicago, Illinois.
History
Meadville Lombard is a result of a merger in the 1930s between two institutions, a Unitarian seminary and a Universalist seminary.
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, a Unitarian seminary which at that time was located in Meadville, Pennsylvania
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Career
He served as a Unitarian minister in Wisconsin
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and . He held church services in English and lectured on Norwegian literature. While he lived in the United States, he also published articles in the Norwegian publication, ''Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...
'', ''Nyt Tidsskrift ''Nyt Tidsskrift'' is a former Norwegian language, Norwegian literary, cultural and political periodical issued from 1882 to 1887, and with a second series from 1892 to 1895. The periodical had contributions from several of the leading intellectuals ...
'' and other Norwegian journals,[ as well as in certain American magazines. He argued for women's rights, universal suffrage, library services and electric railways. He believed more leisure time, greater social and technical progress would provide more time and desire for reading and education.
He moved back to Norway in 1892, where he founded the magazine '']Kringsjaa
''Kringsjaa'' (Outlook) was a periodical which was published every two weeks from 1893–1910 (once a month July 1905–1909). It was published by Olaf Norlis forlag in Kristiania. The magazine was around 80–100 pages, and was based on ...
'',[ He was a co-founder of the unitarian magazine ''Frie Ord'' in 1894, and edited the magazine for two years.][ He edited ''Kringsjaa'' until his untimely death in 1898. After his death, two of his books were published with a foreword by the editor of ''Nyt Tidsskrift'', ]Christen Collin
Christen Christian Dreyer Collin (21 November 1857 – 1 April 1926) was a Norwegian literary historian.
He was born in Trondhjem as a son of Georg Fredrik Collin (died 1867) and Marie Fredrikke Dreyer (1833–1901). When his father died at the ...
(1857–1926).
Personal life
Lyche was married in 1885 in Janesville, Wisconsin
Janesville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat and largest city in the county. It is a principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Madison–Jane ...
to Mary Rebecca Godden (March 25, 1856 – September 13, 1938). Hans Tambs Lyche died of tuberculosis at only 38 years old.[ He was the father of noted professor and mathematician, ]Ralph Tambs-Lyche
Ralph Tambs Lyche (6 September 1890 – 15 January 1991) was a Norwegian mathematician.
He was born in Macon, Georgia as a son of Norwegian father Hans Tambs Lyche (1859–1898) and American mother Mary Rebecca Godden (1856–1938). He moved to No ...
, and through him the grandfather of Guri Tambs-Lyche Guri Tambs-Lyche (20 September 1917 – 13 March 2008) was a Norwegian activist for International Solidarity Movement, international solidarity and women's rights.
Biography
She was born in Trondheim as a daughter of Ralph Tambs-Lyche (1890–1991) ...
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Selected works
* ''Ny-Idealismen'' (1896) Fulltext
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* ''Mirakler, kultur og religion'' (1902) Fulltext
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* ''Lysstreif over livsproblemer'' (1903) Fulltext
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References
External links
A Brief History of Norwegian Unitarism
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1859 births
1898 deaths
People from Halden
People from Østfold
People from Wisconsin
Norwegian emigrants to the United States
Norwegian magazine editors
Writers from Massachusetts
Writers from Wisconsin
19th-century Norwegian journalists
Male journalists
19th-century Norwegian writers
19th-century Norwegian male writers