1. Elling Bolt Holst was a Norwegian mathematician, biographer and children's writer.
10 Facts About Elling Holst
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Elling Holst was a son of bookseller Adolph Theodor Holst and Amalie Fredrikke Bergh.
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Elling Holst was a grandson of merchant and politician, member of the Storting, Elling Mathias Holst.
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Elling Holst continued his studies in Germany, where Felix Klein was among his teachers.
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Elling Holst was appointed teacher at Aars og Voss skole in Christiania.
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Elling Holst lectured in mathematics at the University of Oslo from 1894.
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Elling Holst wrote biographies of several mathematicians, including Cato Maximilian Guldberg, Carl Anton Bjerknes, Sophus Lie and Niels Henrik Abel.
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Elling Holst started collecting traditional poems for children, several of which were first published in Norwegian writing in these books.
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Elling Holst was married twice, first to Inger Skavlan, and was a brother-in-law of Olaf Skavlan, Sigvald Skavlan, Aage Skavlan and Harald Skavlan.
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Elling Holst was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St Olav in 1902.