The New International Encyclopædia/Dietrichson, Lorentz Henrik Segelcke
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DIETRICHSON, dḗ'trīK-sṓn, Lorentz Henrik Segelcke (1834—). A Norwegian author, born at Bergen. He became professor extraordinary at the University of Christiania in 1875 and has done much to encourage the arts and industries of Norway and Sweden. Among his numerous works are: Olof Liljekrans (1858); Stories of Travel (1875-77); Didactic Poetry in the North (1860); The Art of Wood Sculpture in Norway (1879); Manners and Customs (1887); and others on kindred subjects.