Surname: Boyesen Forename(s): Hjalmar Hjorth b. 23 September 1848. d. 4 October 1895. Nationality: Norwegian-American. VIAF.
Novelist, short story writer, poet, reviewer, literary critic, and professor of languages.
Born in Norway. Educated at the Royal Fredriks University. Emigrated to the USA in
1869. Professor of European languages at Cornell University (1874-1880), and then
Columbia College (from 1881). Well connected with American literary circles, including
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Mark Twain, and Edmund Clarence Stedman. Married Lillie
Keen in 1878. Biographical information: ANB. (AC)