Hans Peter L'Orange (academic)

Hans Peter L'Orange (2 March 1903 – 5 December 1983) was a Norwegian art historian and classical archaeologist.[1]

Hans Peter L'Orange

Biography

L'Orange was born in Kristiania as a son of Major General Hans Wilhelm L'Orange (1868–1950) and Ginni Gulbranson (1879–1949). His family had its origin from among the French Huguenots. He was a paternal grandson of Hans Peter L'Orange, maternal grandson of Carl August Gulbranson, and brother-in-law of journalist and writer, Gunnar Larsen (1900–1958).[2][3]

From 1930 to 1936 he was a university fellow resident in Rome. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1933 with his thesis Studien zur Geschichte des spätantiken Porträts. He was a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Oslo from 1942 to 1973. In 1959 he and professor Hjalmar Torpe established the Norwegian Institute in Rome (Det norske institutt i Roma) as an affiliate of the University of Oslo. The institute established a permanent Norwegian base for research and studies of the Mediterranean countries. He was director of the institute until he retired in 1973. [4]

He was a visiting professor at Harvard University (1950) and at Johns Hopkins University (1966–1967). In 1969 he was awarded the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award (Norsk kulturråds ærespris). [3][1] [5]

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References
  1. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Hans Peter L'Orange". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  2. Bratberg, Terje. "Lorange". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  3. Eliassen, Kristin. "Hans Peter L'Orange". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  4. "Det norske institutt i Roma". University of Oslo. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  5. "Norsk kulturråds ærespris". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
Awards
Preceded by
Frits von der Lippe		 Recipient of the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award
1969		 Succeeded by
Alf Prøysen


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