Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard
Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard (born October 3, 1861 in Kristiansand , † April 24, 1935 in Asker ) was a Norwegian officer, adventurer, railway engineer in China, author, journalist and internationally known war correspondent . During the Boxer Rebellion , he was Minister of Labor in the Tianjin Provisional Government in China 1900-1902. He became known as a war correspondent for the Daily Mail during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) and during the First Balkan War (1912-1913). He also wrote for Norwegian, Swedish and Danish newspapers.
origin
He was the son of the king's colonel and adjutant, Hans Jacob Nørregaard (1832–1900), and his wife Sophie Wegner (1838–1906) as well as the grandson of the industrialist Benjamin Wegner and great-grandson of the Hamburg banker LE Seyler . He was the brother of the lawyer Harald Nørregaard and the wine merchant and consul in Tarragona, Ludvig Paul Rudolf Nørregaard.
Works
- The Siege of Port Arthur , Dieterich'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, 1906 (also published in Norwegian and English)
- Krig: Skildringer og Oplevelser , Aschehoug forlag, Christiania, 1908
literature
- Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard . In: Store norske leksikon .
- Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon , Volume 10. 1949, pp. 299-301.
- Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 18 : Nordlandsbaad – Perleøerne . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1924, p. 356 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard , In: Hvem er hvem? (Who is who?) Aschehoug, Christiania 1912, p. 196
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nørregaard, Benjamin Wegner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian officer, adventurer, railway engineer, author, journalist and war correspondent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kristiansand |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1935 |
| Place of death | Asker |