Gustav Antonio Gjessing [SEP] date of death
Gustav Antonio Gjessing
Gustav Antonio Gjessing (22 September 1835 – 3 December 1921) was a Norwegian philologist.
He was born in Drammen as a son of Christian Gjessing and Anne Thrane Stoltenberg. In July 1865 in Kristiania he married Helga Margrethe Elisabeth Monrad (1845–1920), a daughter of the famous philosopher Marcus Jacob Monrad. He was the father of archeologist Helge Gjessing, an uncle of ophthalmologist Harald Gjessing and grandfather of archaeologist Gutorm Gjessing.
He enrolled as a student in 1854, and graduated with the cand.philol.
Helge Gjessing
Helge Johan Gjessing (23 April 1886 – 4 July 1924) was a Norwegian archaeologist.
He was born in Arendal as a son of philologist Gustav Antonio Gjessing and his wife Helga Monrad. He was a grandson of Marcus Jacob Monrad, a first cousin of Harald Gjessing, and through his brother, the vicar Marcus Jacob Gjessing, he was an uncle of archaeologist Gutorm Gjessing. In December 1913 he married Thale Sandvig from Lillehammer (1890–1918), a daughter of professor Anders Sandvig.
He enrolled as