Sigurd Høst (22 January 1866 – 21 August 1939) was a Norwegian educationalist and textbook writer.

Biography

Høst was born in

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to physician Ude Jacob Høst (1834-1918) and Lorentze Schulrud (1837–99). He graduated as

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in 1891, and worked as teacher and lecture at several private schools in Kristiania (now Oslo). He served as headmaster of the

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from 1907, and of the Christiania Cathedral School from 1915. From 1921 to 1922 he lectured at the University of Sorbonne in Paris, and from 1923 to 1926 he lectured at the

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. His textbooks ''Lærebog i fransk for begyndere'' from 1896 and ''Franske læsestykker for gymnasiet'' from 1897 were used in secondary schools for more than fifty years. He also wrote ''Lærebok i verdenshistorie for middelskolen'' from 1909, a textbook in

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which saw long-term use. Høst is also known as friend and early sales agent for the painters

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and

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Personal life

In 1897, he married Isabella Alver Vibe (1870–1937). He received the King's Medal of Merit (''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') in gold in 1912. He was the father of philologist and literary historian Gunnar Høst and stepfather of writer

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References

1866 births 1939 deaths People from Flora, Norway Norwegian educators Heads of schools in Norway Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian expatriates in France Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit {{norway-academic-bio-stub