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Rasmus Bjørn Anderson (1846 - 1936)

Rasmus Bjørn Anderson
Born in Albion, Dane, Wisconsin, United Statesmap
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Died at age 90 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United Statesmap
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Rasmus Bjørn Anderson was an author, professor, and diplomat. He helped to popularize the idea that the Vikings were the first Europeans to explore the New World, and he established Leif Erikson Day.

Rasmus was born on 12 January 1846 in Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin.[1][2][3][4] He was the son of Norwegian immigrants Bjørn Anderson Kvelve and Abel Catherine von Krogh.[5][6]

In 1860 he moved in with his brother Andrew in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and worked as a clerk in Andrew's store.[7] He was also an apple peddler.[8] About a year later, he went to live in La Crescent, Minnesota.[9] He was a member of the first graduating class of Luther College (1866). [10] He became a professor of Greek and modern languages at Albion Academy in Wisconsin.[11] He became a professor at the University of Wisconsin in 1869, and founded the Scandinavian department in 1875.[12]

In 1874, he published the book America Not Discovered by Columbus, which introduced the public to the idea that the Norse were the first Europeans to explore America.[13] He was the originator of the movement to honor Leif Erikson with a holiday.[14]

He was appointed United States minister to Denmark by President Grover Cleveland in 1885, and served in the position until the fall of 1889.[15]

He was the editor and publisher of the weekly Norwegian language paper Amerika from 1898 to 1922.[16][17]

He married Bertha Karina Olson on 21 July 1868.[18] They had five children: Hannah Burena, Carletta, George Krogh, Hjalmar Odin, and Rolf Bull.[19]

He died of pneumonia at his home in Madison, Wisconsin on 2 March 1936.[20][21] He was buried in Lake Ripley Cemetery, Cambridge, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.[22][23]

Sources

  1. ↑ Anderson, Rasmus Bjørn. Life Story of Rasmus B. Anderson. Madison, Wis., 1915. [1]
  2. ↑ Rasmus B. Anderson. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 19 Aug 2016. [2]
  3. ↑ Knaplund, Paul. Rasmus B. Anderson, Pioneer and Crusader. NAHA 18(2), p. 23. [3]
  4. ↑ "Rasmus B. Anderson, 'Grand Old Viking,' Dies: Famed Scholar, Diplomat, Patriarch, 90, Succumbs After Crowded, Colorful Life." Wisconsin State Journal, 3 March 1936. Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society. [4]
  5. ↑ Anderson, Rasmus Bjørn. Life Story of Rasmus B. Anderson. Madison, Wis., 1915. [5]
  6. ↑ Knaplund, Paul. Rasmus B. Anderson, Pioneer and Crusader. NAHA 18(2), p. 23. [6]
  7. ↑ Anderson, Rasmus Bjørn. Life Story of Rasmus B. Anderson. Madison, Wis., 1915. [7]
  8. ↑ Anderson, Rasmus Bjørn. Life Story of Rasmus B. Anderson. Madison, Wis., 1915. [8]
  9. ↑ Anderson, Rasmus Bjørn. Life Story of Rasmus B. Anderson. Madison, Wis., 1915. [9]
  10. ↑ [From Luther College - Rasmus B. Anderson. [10]
  11. ↑ "Man Who Revealed Discovery of America by Leif Dies at 90 After Life of Varied Service." Racine Journal-Times, 3 March 1936, p. 16.
  12. ↑ "Man Who Revealed Discovery of America by Leif Dies at 90 After Life of Varied Service." Racine Journal-Times, 3 March 1936, p. 16.
  13. ↑ "Noted Norse Scholar Passes 80th Birthday in Seclusion." Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, 15 Aug 1926, p. 4.
  14. ↑ Rasmus B. Anderson. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 19 Aug 2016. [11]
  15. ↑ "Rasmus B. Anderson, 'Grand Old Viking,' Dies: Famed Scholar, Diplomat, Patriarch, 90, Succumbs After Crowded, Colorful Life." Wisconsin State Journal, 3 March 1936. Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society. [12]
  16. ↑ Rasmus B. Anderson. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 19 Aug 2016. [13]
  17. ↑ Knaplund, Paul. Rasmus B. Anderson, Pioneer and Crusader. NAHA 18(2), p. 23. [14]
  18. ↑ "Rasmus B. Anderson, 'Grand Old Viking,' Dies: Famed Scholar, Diplomat, Patriarch, 90, Succumbs After Crowded, Colorful Life." Wisconsin State Journal, 3 March 1936. Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society. [15]
  19. ↑ "Rasmus B. Anderson, 'Grand Old Viking,' Dies: Famed Scholar, Diplomat, Patriarch, 90, Succumbs After Crowded, Colorful Life." Wisconsin State Journal, 3 March 1936. Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society. [16]
  20. ↑ "Man Who Revealed Discovery of America by Leif Dies at 90 After Life of Varied Service." Racine Journal-Times, 3 March 1936, p. 16.
  21. ↑ "Rasmus B. Anderson, 'Grand Old Viking,' Dies: Famed Scholar, Diplomat, Patriarch, 90, Succumbs After Crowded, Colorful Life." Wisconsin State Journal, 3 March 1936. Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society. [17]
  22. ↑ "Rasmus B. Anderson, 'Grand Old Viking,' Dies: Famed Scholar, Diplomat, Patriarch, 90, Succumbs After Crowded, Colorful Life." Wisconsin State Journal, 3 March 1936. Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society. [18]
  23. ↑ Find A Grave, Rasmus Bjorn Anderson
  • Anderson, Rasmus Bjørn. Life Story of Rasmus B. Anderson. Madison, Wis., 1915. [19]
  • Rasmus B. Anderson. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 19 Aug 2016. [20]
  • Rasmus Anderson – Norsk biografisk leksikon. [21]
  • Knaplund, Paul. Rasmus B. Anderson, Pioneer and Crusader. NAHA 18(2), p. 23. [22]
  • "Noted Norse Scholar Passes 80th Birthday in Seclusion." Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, 15 Aug 1926, p. 4.
  • "Man Who Revealed Discovery of America by Leif Dies at 90 After Life of Varied Service." Racine Journal-Times, 3 March 1936, p. 16.
  • "Rasmus B. Anderson, 'Grand Old Viking,' Dies: Famed Scholar, Diplomat, Patriarch, 90, Succumbs After Crowded, Colorful Life." Wisconsin State Journal, 3 March 1936. Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society. [23]
  • From Luther College - Rasmus B. Anderson. [24]
  • Find A Grave, Rasmus Bjorn Anderson
  • United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DX-JXD : 9 November 2014), Erasmus Andersen in household of Barr Andersen, Albion, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 545, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMR-CXY : 30 December 2015), Rasmus Amendson in entry for Albert Johnson, 1860.
  • United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN48-CV7 : 14 July 2016), R B Anderson, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 76, sheet 154D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1421; FHL microfilm 1,255,421.
  • United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMKH-S2B : accessed 8 February 2017), R B Anderson, Madison city Ward 1, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 11B, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,782.
  • United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJG-P1W : accessed 8 February 2017), Rasmus R Anderson, Madison Ward 1, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 4A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1708; FHL microfilm 1,375,721.
  • United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFV3-H87 : accessed 8 February 2017), Rasmus B Anderson, Madison Ward 1, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 38, sheet 3A, line 23, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1981; FHL microfilm 1,821,981.
  • United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X931-BMQ : accessed 8 February 2017), Rasmus B Anderson, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 5B, line 63, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2566; FHL microfilm 2,342,300.
  • Wisconsin State Census, 1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMSG-XDT : 14 November 2014), Rasmus B Anderson, Madison city, ward 01, Dane, Wisconsin; citing p. 440, line 58, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,444.

Publications

  • America Not Discovered by Columbus: An Historical Sketch of the Discovery of America by the Norsemen in the Tenth Century. New and improved ed. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co., 1877. [25]
  • "Another View of Kensington Rune Stone." Reprinted from the Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. III no. 4, June 1920. [26]
  • The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration (1821-1840): Its Causes and Results. 4th ed. Madison, Wisc: The Author, 1906. [27]
  • Life Story of Rasmus B. Anderson. Madison, Wis., 1915. [28]
  • Norse Mythology: Or, the Religion of our Forefathers, Containing all the Myths of the Eddas, Systematized and Interpreted with an Introduction, Vocabulary and Index. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co., 1875. [29]
  • Viking Tales of the North: The Sagas of Thorstein, Viking's Son, and Fridthjof the Bold. 4th ed. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1901. [30]
  • The Younger Edda: Also Called Snorre's Edda, or the Prose Edda. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co., 1880. [31]




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