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{{Short description|Norwegian literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer}}
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|birth_place = [[Bergen]]
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|death_place = [[Oslo]]
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|citizenship = [[Norway|Norwegian]]
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|fields = [[history of literature]]
|workplaces = [[University of Oslo|Royal Frederick University]]<br><small>professor 1900–1919</small>
|alma_mater = [[University of Oslo|Royal Frederick University]]
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|known_for = magazine editor and founder,<br>notably ''[[Samtiden]]'' and ''[[Edda. Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research|Edda]]''
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'''Gerhard von der Lippe Gran''' (9 December 1856 – 7 April 1925) was a Norwegian literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer.

==Personal life==
Gran was born in [[Bergen]] as the son of merchant [[Christen Knagenhjelm Gran]] (1822–1899) and his wife Constance Mowinckel (1827–1889). He was the paternal grandson of politician [[Jens Gran]], and a second cousin of botanist [[Haaken Hasberg Gran]] and aviator [[Tryggve Gran]].<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2001|volume=3|title=Gerhard Gran|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|first=Sigurd Aa|last=Aarnes|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Gerhard_Gran/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=22 March 2009}}</ref> On the maternal side was a first cousin of Wenche von der Lippe Mowinckel, who was a granddaughter of [[Jacob von der Lippe]] and mother of Arthur, [[Waldemar Kallevig|Waldemar]] and [[Gerhard C. Kallevig]]. Wenche lived with Gerhard Gran's family while attending school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dødsfall|date=9 March 1939|work=[[Aftenposten]]|page=9|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

In October 1887 he married Maren Elisabeth Bull Sømme (1857–1930), a daughter of merchant and politician [[Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme]] and his wife Johanne Margrethe "Hanna" Bull Kielland,<ref name=nbl/> granddaughter of [[Jacob Kielland (businessman)|Jacob Kielland]] and first cousin of novelist [[Alexander Kielland|Alexander Lange Kielland]] and painter [[Kitty Lange Kielland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kielland/slekt/per00082.htm#0|title=Genealogical entry of Johanne Margrethe (Hanna) Bull Sømme|accessdate=22 March 2009}}</ref> As such Gerhard Gran was the brother-in-law of painter [[Jacob Kielland Sømme]]. Through his sisters he was a brother-in-law of art historian [[Johan Bøgh]] and physician [[Gerhard Armauer Hansen]].<ref name=nbl/>

==Career==
Gran finished his secondary education at [[Bergen Cathedral School]] in 1874, and graduated from the [[University of Oslo|Royal Frederick University]] in [[Oslo|Kristiania]] with the [[cand.mag.]] degree in 1881. He then returned to Bergen to work as a school teacher. He was hired at Bergen Cathedral School in 1895.<ref name=nbl/>

In 1898 the post as professor of [[literary history]] at the Royal Frederick University had become vacant. Gran applied for the post, and a contest between Gran and [[Hjalmar Christensen]] ensued. Gran delivered a thesis which was considered inferior, but he was deemed the better lecturer. In 1899 he received the appointment, the assessment committee noting that Gran would probably fill "the holes present in his knowledge" with time. Gran left Bergen Cathedral School, and formally took the professor seat in 1900.<ref name=nbl/> He remained in this position until 1919, when he resigned to concentrate on his various writing endeavors.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Gerhard von der Lippe Gran |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Gerhard_von_der_Lippe_Gran |language=Norwegian | accessdate=22 March 2009 }}</ref>

Gran had co-founded the ''[[Samtiden]]'' periodical in 1890 with [[Jørgen Brunchorst]], and was the editor of this magazine until his death in 1925.<ref name=nbl/> The periodical touched upon a number of subjects, including [[philosophical]], [[religious]], [[social]], [[political]] and [[scientific]] topics.<ref>{{cite book|last=Andersen|first=Per Thomas|author-link=Per Thomas Andersen|title=Norsk litteraturhistorie|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|year=2001|isbn=82-00-12836-9|pages=281–82|language=Norwegian}}</ref> When the magazine changed its [[publishing house|house of publishing]] to [[Aschehoug|H. Aschehoug & Co]] in 1900, Gran profited from his professional relationship with publisher [[William Martin Nygaard]]. In 1914, much due to the support of Nygaard, he started the magazine ''[[Edda. Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research]]'', and was this magazine's first editor-in-chief, from 1914 to 1925. He was also the Norwegian editor of the Scandinavian ''[[Nordisk Tidsskrift]]'' from 1904. He initiated the first edition of the encyclopedia ''[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]'', and was co-editor for the first two volumes.<ref name=nbl/> He wrote biographies of the writers [[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]] (1910), [[Jean Jacques Rousseau]] (1910-1911), [[Henrik Ibsen]] (1918), [[Alexander Kielland]] (1922), and [[Charles Dickens]] (1925, posthumously).<ref name=snl/> He also published the book ''Det Kongelige Fredriks universitet 1811–1911'', chronicling the history of the University of Kristiania during its first hundred years. Collections of his essays were published as well.<ref name=nbl/>

In 1884 he was a co-founder of the [[Norwegian Association for Women's Rights]].<ref>"[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_bergenstidende_null_null_18841118_17_269_1#1 Indbydelse til at indtræde i Norsk Kvindesags-Forening stiftet den 28de Juni 1884]," ''[[Bergens Tidende]]'', 18 November 1884</ref>

Gran was appointed Officer of the French [[Légion d'honneur]] and a Knight, First class of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav]] in 1905. He was also a member of the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]]. He died in 1925 in Oslo.<ref name=nbl/>

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