Knud H. Lossius

Knud Henrik Holtermann Lossius (23 September 1847 – 9 March 1915) was a Norwegian educator.

He was born in 1847 as the son of Morten Lyng Lossius from Lade in Trondhjem,[1] and was named after his maternal grandfather Knud H. Holtermann.[2] He was a descendant of Lorentz Lossius, who migrated to Norway from Göttingen in the 17th century and became the first director of Røros Copper Works.[1]

He served as headmaster of Trondhjem Cathedral School,[2] and served as praeses of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1899 to 1902.[3]

References

1. Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Lossius". In Arntzen, Jon G. (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
2. Brissach, Ingrid (4 November 2005). "Giftet seg til Lade gård". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 34.
3. Bratberg, Terje (1996). "Vitenskapsselskapet". In Arntzen, Jon Gunnar (ed.). Trondheim byleksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. pp. 599–600. ISBN 82-573-0642-8.

Academic offices
Preceded by Johannes Sejersted	Praeses of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters 1883–1897	Succeeded by Bjarne Lysholm