Tychsen is a typical Danish surname meaning son of Tycho/Tych after the Danish patronymic naming system. The German form of the name is Tuxen. Tychsen ranks in the top 1000 names in Denmark according to Larsen, Danmarks Statitik 2004.
Both notable orientalists below were born in the Tonder region of Denmark and took up professorships in prominent universities located in Prussian provinces, now Germany.
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Notable people with the surname include:
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Oluf Gerhard Tychsen
Oluf (Olaus) Gerhard Tychsen (14 December 1734, Tønder, then Schleswig, now Denmark – 30 December 1815, Rostock, then Mecklenburg-Schwerin, now Germany) was a German Orientalist and Hebrew scholar. He is known today as one of the founding fath ...
(1734–1815), German Orientalist and Hebrew scholar
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Thomas Christian Tychsen
Thomas Christian Tychsen (8 May 1758, Horsbüll – 23 October 1834, Göttingen) was a German orientalist and Lutheran theologian. He is known for his 1823 grammar of the Arabic language.
He studied theology and philology in Kiel and Göttin ...
(1758–1834), German orientalist and Lutheran theologian
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Christian Tychsen, Danish governor
* Christian Tychsen, German recipient of the
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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Andrew C. Tychsen (1893–1986), United States Army brigadier general
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