Kristian Gleditsch [SEP] date of birth
Kristian Gleditsch
Kristian Gleditsch, MBE (30 June 1901 – 7 April 1973) was a Norwegian civil engineer and geodesist. He served as and Director of the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority from 1945 until 1971.
Background.
He was born in Tromsøysund (now Tromsø) in Troms, Norway. He was a son of headmaster Karl Kristian Gleditsch (1851–1913) and Petra Birgitte Hansen (1857–1913). His family moved to Trondhjem and then Fredrikshald in 1905. From 1913 he lived with his sister Ellen Gleditsch.
the Wilkes/Gleditsch trial. His prison sentence was suspended.
Biography.
Nils Petter Gleditsch is the son of Kristian Gleditsch and Nini Haslund Gleditsch, the nephew of Ellen Gleditsch, and the father of Kristian Skrede Gleditsch.
Following studies in philosophy and economy Gleditsch became mag.art. (PhD equivalent) in sociology at the University of Oslo. In 1966-67 he read sociology, social psychology and international relations at the University of Michigan in United States. He graduated from University of Oslo in 1968 with a Master