Hans Jacob Aall (20 September 1869 in
Arendal
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– 6 November 1946 in
Oslo
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) was a
Norwegian librarian
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and
museum director.
He was born in Arendal to ship owner
Diderik Maria Aall and Marie Elisabeth Herlofson. He was a great-grandson of
Niels Aall, and nephew of
Axel Nicolai Herlofson,
[ and a member of the Aall family which originates in Denmark ( Aal Sogn) in the 1500s. He graduated with an '' examen philosophicum'' degree (roughly equal to a ]bachelor's degree
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) in philosophy
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in 1890. He married Emma Lund in 1901, but she died already in 1908.Order of St. Olav
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Just be ...
in 1909, and Commander in 1929. He was Commander of the Order of Vasa
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His ...
, and Grand Knight of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon
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.
References
1869 births
1946 deaths
People from Arendal
Directors of museums in Norway
Commanders of the Order of Vasa
Grand Knights of the Order of the Falcon
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