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'''Hans Tambs Lyche''' ( 21 November 1859 – 16 April 1898) was a Norwegian engineer, [[Unitarianism|unitarian]] minister, journalist and magazine editor.
'''Hans Tambs Lyche''' ( 21 November 1859 – 16 April 1898) was a Norwegian engineer, [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] minister, journalist, and magazine editor.
<ref>[http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume24/vol24_4.html ''H. Tambs Lyche: Propagandist for America'' (Paul Knaplund. The Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume 24: Page 102)]</ref><ref>[https://runeberg.org/nfbq/0033.html ''Lyche, Hans Tambs'' (Nordisk familjebok)]</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
Hans Tambs Lyche was born in [[Halden|Fredrikshald]], in [[Østfold]] 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'').<ref name=nbl/>
Hans Tambs Lyche was born in [[Halden|Fredrikshald]], in [[Østfold]] 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'').<ref name=nbl/>


He emigrated to the United States in 1880. He initially found work on a railroad in [[Iowa]].<ref name=salmonsens>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Lyche, Hans Tambs |first=Einar |last=Skavlan |authorlink=Einar Skavlan |first2=C. |last2=Brinchmann |authorlink2=Christopher Brinchmann |encyclopedia=[[Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon]] |url=http://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/16/0144.html |language=Danish |editor=Chr. Blangstrup |edition=2 |volume=16 |year=1924 |page=132 |publisher=J.H. Schultz |location=Copenhagen }}</ref> He lived first in [[Chicago]], where he became influenced by liberal theology. In 1881, he entered [[Meadville Theological School]], a [[Unitarian]] seminary which at that time was located in [[Meadville, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=nbl/>
He emigrated to the United States in 1880. He initially found work on a railroad in [[Iowa]].<ref name=salmonsens>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Lyche, Hans Tambs |first1=Einar |last1=Skavlan |authorlink=Einar Skavlan |first2=C. |last2=Brinchmann |authorlink2=Christopher Brinchmann |encyclopedia=[[Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon]] |url=https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/16/0144.html |language=Danish |editor=Chr. Blangstrup |edition=2 |volume=16 |year=1924 |page=132 |publisher=J.H. Schultz |location=Copenhagen }}</ref> He lived first in [[Chicago]], where he became influenced by liberal theology. In 1881, he entered [[Meadville Theological School]], a [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian]] seminary which at that time was located in [[Meadville, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=nbl/>


==Career==
==Career==
He served as a [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] minister in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Massachusetts]]. 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]]'', ''[[Nyt Tidsskrift]]'' and other Norwegian journals,<ref name=salmonsens/> 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 served as a [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] minister in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Massachusetts]]. 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]]'', ''[[Nyt Tidsskrift]]'' and other Norwegian journals,<ref name=salmonsens/> 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.
<ref>[https://unitarforbund.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/hans-tambs-lyche/ ''Hans Tambs Lyche'' (Unitarforbundet)]</ref>


He moved back to Norway in 1892, where he founded the magazine ''[[Kringsjaa]]'',<ref name=salmonsens/><ref name=bnl>{{cite encyclopedia |title= Kringsjaa |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Kringsjaa|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 August 2010 }}</ref> an international journal.<ref name=nbl/> He was a co-founder of the unitarian magazine ''Frie Ord'' in 1894, and edited the magazine for two years.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hans Tambs Lyche |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Hans_Tambs_Lyche |editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 July 2010 }}</ref> He edited the magazine ''Norderhov'', and from 1897 he was also subeditor of the newspaper ''Dagbladet''.<ref name=salmonsens/> 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 Tidssrift'', Christen Christian Dreyer Collin (1857-1926).<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hans Tambs Lyche |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Øyvind T. |last=Gulliksen |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Hans_Tambs_Lyche/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 July 2010}}</ref>
He moved back to Norway in 1892, where he founded the magazine ''[[Kringsjaa]]'',<ref name=salmonsens/><ref name=bnl>{{cite encyclopedia |title= Kringsjaa |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Kringsjaa|language=Norwegian|access-date=7 August 2010 }}</ref> an international journal.<ref name=nbl/> He was a co-founder of the unitarian magazine ''Frie Ord'' in 1894, and edited the magazine for two years.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hans Tambs Lyche |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Hans_Tambs_Lyche |editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|access-date=7 July 2010 }}</ref> He edited the magazine ''Norderhov'', and from 1897 he was also subeditor of the newspaper ''Dagbladet''.<ref name=salmonsens/> 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]] (1857–1926).<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hans Tambs Lyche |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Øyvind T. |last=Gulliksen |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Hans_Tambs_Lyche/utdypning|language=Norwegian|access-date=7 July 2010}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Lyche was married in 1885 in [[Janesville, Wisconsin]] to Mary Rebecca Godden (March 25, 1856– September 13, 1938). Hans Tambs Lyche died of tuberculosis at only 38 years old.<ref name=nbl/> He was the father of noted professor and mathematician, [[Ralph Tambs-Lyche]].<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ralph Tambs Lyche|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Bent|last=Birkeland|editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Hans_Tambs_Lyche/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 July 2010}}</ref>
Lyche was married in 1885 in [[Janesville, Wisconsin]] to Mary Rebecca Godden (March 25, 1856 – September 13, 1938). Hans Tambs Lyche died of tuberculosis at only 38 years old.<ref name=nbl/> He was the father of noted professor and mathematician, [[Ralph Tambs-Lyche]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ralph Tambs Lyche|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Bent|last=Birkeland|editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Hans_Tambs_Lyche/utdypning|language=Norwegian|access-date=7 July 2010}}</ref> and through him the grandfather of [[Guri Tambs-Lyche]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portretter.no/c48052/biografi/vis.html?tid=48946&strukt_tid=48052|title=Guri Tambs-Lyche|last=Rustad|first=Unni|date=26 February 2008|publisher=Kilden|language=Norwegian|access-date=2 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724182454/http://portretter.no/c48052/biografi/vis.html?tid=48946&strukt_tid=48052|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
* ''Ny-Idealismen'' (1896)
* ''Ny-Idealismen'' (1896) Fulltext: [https://archive.org/details/nyidealismen00hanstambslyche Internetarkivet]
* ''Mirakler, kultur og religion'' (1902)
* ''Mirakler, kultur og religion'' (1902) Fulltext: [https://archive.org/details/miraklerkulturogreligion00hanstambslyche Internetarkivet]
* ''Lysstreif over livsproblemer'' (1903)
* ''Lysstreif over livsproblemer'' (1903) Fulltext: [https://archive.org/details/lysstreifoverlivsproblemer00hanstambslyche Internetarkivet]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://unitarforbund.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/a-brief-history-of-norwegian-unitarism-1-introduction/ A Brief History of Norwegian Unitarism]
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Hans Tambs Lyche ( 21 November 1859 – 16 April 1898) was a Norwegian engineer, Unitarian minister, journalist, and magazine editor. [1][2]

Background

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Hans Tambs Lyche was born in Fredrikshald, in Østfold 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).[3]

He emigrated to the United States in 1880. He initially found work on a railroad in Iowa.[4] He lived first in Chicago, where he became influenced by liberal theology. In 1881, he entered Meadville Theological School, a Unitarian seminary which at that time was located in Meadville, Pennsylvania.[3]

Career

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He served as a Unitarian minister in Wisconsin and Massachusetts. 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, Nyt Tidsskrift and other Norwegian journals,[4] 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. [5]

He moved back to Norway in 1892, where he founded the magazine Kringsjaa,[4][6] an international journal.[3] He was a co-founder of the unitarian magazine Frie Ord in 1894, and edited the magazine for two years.[7] He edited the magazine Norderhov, and from 1897 he was also subeditor of the newspaper Dagbladet.[4] 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 (1857–1926).[3]

Personal life

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Lyche was married in 1885 in Janesville, Wisconsin to Mary Rebecca Godden (March 25, 1856 – September 13, 1938). Hans Tambs Lyche died of tuberculosis at only 38 years old.[3] He was the father of noted professor and mathematician, Ralph Tambs-Lyche,[8] and through him the grandfather of Guri Tambs-Lyche.[9]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ H. Tambs Lyche: Propagandist for America (Paul Knaplund. The Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume 24: Page 102)
  2. ^ Lyche, Hans Tambs (Nordisk familjebok)
  3. ^ a b c d e Gulliksen, Øyvind T. "Hans Tambs Lyche". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d Skavlan, Einar; Brinchmann, C. (1924). "Lyche, Hans Tambs". In Chr. Blangstrup (ed.). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 16 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz. p. 132.
  5. ^ Hans Tambs Lyche (Unitarforbundet)
  6. ^ "Kringsjaa". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  7. ^ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Hans Tambs Lyche". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  8. ^ Birkeland, Bent. "Ralph Tambs Lyche". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  9. ^ Rustad, Unni (26 February 2008). "Guri Tambs-Lyche" (in Norwegian). Kilden. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
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