Wilhelm Munthe
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Abraham Wilhelm Støren Munthe (20 October 1883 – 18 December 1965) was a Norwegian librarian and author. He worked at the University Library of Oslo from 1903 to 1953.[1][2]
Personal life
Munthe was born in Kristiania (now Oslo) as the son of Olaf Andreas Jens Wilhelm Munthe (1851-1914) and Helene Andrea Støren (1857-1939). In 1917, he married Jenny Hempel (1882–1975).[1]
Career
Munthe finished his examen artium at Kristiania Cathedral School in 1902. He worked for the University Library of Kristiania from 1903, first as a volunteer. He received the cand.philol. degree in 1911. He studied middle age palaeography and diplomatics at the University of Berlin from 1913 to 1914, and Old Norse handwritings at the libraries of Uppsala, Stockholm and Copenhagen from 1915 to 1916. From 1920 he was leader of the handwriting collection at the University Library of Oslo, and from 1922 he was appointed leader of the library, a position he held until he retired in 1953. Among Munthe's works are De norske bibliotekers historie from 1927, American Librarianship from a European Angle from 1939, Litterære falsknerier from 1942, and the 1947 essay Norwegian Libraries during the War. He co-edited the journal Nordisk tidskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen for many years, and served as president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 1947 to 1951.[1]
Munthe chaired the Norwegian Trekking Association from 1940 to 1946, and the Norwegian Genealogical Society from 1952 to 1957, and received honorary degrees from the University of Toronto and University of Uppsala.
Munthe was appointed as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (1953), of the Order of the Polar Star (Sweden), of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark) and of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Wasberg, Gunnar Christie. "Wilhelm Munthe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Wilhelm Støren Munthe". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
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Preceded by | Chairman of the Norwegian Genealogical Society 1952–1957 | Succeeded by |
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- Isak Collijn (1927 to 1931)
- William Warner Bishop (1931 to 1936)
- Marcel Godet (1936 to 1947)
- Wilhelm Munthe (1947 to 1951)
- Pierre Bourgeois (librarian) (1951 to 1958)
- Gustav Hofmann (1958 to 1963)
- Sir Frank Francis (1963 to 1969)
- Herman Liebaers (1969 to 1974)
- Preben Kirkegaard (1974 to 1979)
- Else Granheim (1979 to 1985)
- Hans-Peter Geh (1985 to 1991)
- Robert Wedgeworth (1991 to 1997)
- Christine Deschamps (1997 to 2003)
- Kay Raseroka (2003 to 2005)
- Alex Byrne (2005 to 2007)
- Claudia Lux (2007 to 2009)
- Ellen Tise (2009 to 2011)
- Ingrid Parent (2011 to 2013)
- Sinikka Sipilä (2013 to 2015)
- Donna Scheeder (2015 to 2017)
- Gloria Pérez-Salmerón (2017 to 2019)
- Christine Mackenzie (2019 to 2021)
- Barbara Lison (2021 to 2023)