Jens Anderson Ness

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Minnesota Genealogist - Vols 30-32 1999
Ness, Jens A.
born 26 Feb 1863 - Sogndl, Sogn, Norway
s/o Anders [Jenson] Ness and Kari (Ylvisaker)
[Jens] married Lingah C. Anderson 1896 in Springfield, Ohio

IA] Through Sixty Years 1861Luther College [located in Decorah-1921
Faculty photo is not too clear,
Jens Anderson Ness A B Luther College 1884
1884-1885 (student) University of Minnesota
1885-1887 John Hopkins University
1886-1889 -(teacher) St. Olaf College in Minnesota
(teacher) Latin/Greek University of So. Dakota
1890 MA degree from Luther College
1891-1892 (teacher) Greek University of SD
1892-1893 (teacher) Scandanavian University of Minnesota
1893-1894 (teacher) Latin/English Luther College
1894-1897 (student) Comparative Philology John Hopkins
1896-1898 (fellow) in Sanskrit
1898-1903 (fellow) by courtesy
1899-1903 (teacher) Sanskrit, Lithuanian etc
1901 PhD Johns Hopkins
1900 (teacher) Sanskrit University of Chicago
1903-1904 (teacher) Latin/French Goucher College; Professor Latin and Norwegian
1904 - (1937) Professor of Latin at Wittenberg College in Springfield, OH [died 1937 @ age 73 while still actively teaching]


SEATTLE DAILY TIMES - 5 May 1900
"Dr. Jens A. Ness has been appointed professor of Sanskrit at the University of Chicago. Ness is a native of Norway and a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. [A B in Greek and Latin] He has also taken a post graduate course at John Hopkins University in Baltimore." [graduated 1886]

1900 Chicago, IL (boarder)
Jens A. Ness born Feb 1863 Norway; m 3yrs; emig 1871 and in US for 28 yrs and has filed his papers of intent to become citizen [PA]; instructor in University
[wife and son are living with her parents in KS]

Annual Report of the President of the Johns Hopkins
1901 - Maurice Bloomfield, Prof of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology
"Mr Jens Anderson Ness, of Minnesota, was admitted to the same degree (Doctor of Philosophy) at the final exercises June 11 1901. In addition to Sanskrit, his main subject, and Greek and Latin, his subordinate subjects, Mr. Ness carried on extensive studies in Aveaten ? Lithuanian, the Germanic languages and Comparitive Philology. His dissertation is on *Concatanation in the Rig-Veda." [published 1901]
*concatanation: 1. a series of interconnected events, concepts, etc. 2. the act of linking together or the state of being joined 3. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic a function that forms a single string of symbols from two given strings by placing the second after the first
Rig-Veda is a collection of over a 1000 hymns containing the mythology of the Hindu gods and considered one of the foundations of the Hindu religion and written in Vedic, an early form of Sanskrit.

1910 Springfield, Clark, OH
Jens A Ness Birthplace: Norway State: OH Age: 45 Color: W Enumeration District: 0021 Visit: 0113 County: Clark, Springfield Relation: Head of Household Other Residents:
relations : Wife Lingah C 39 Kansas Son Eugene 12 Kansas Daughter Helen 09 Kansas Daughter Kari 09 Kansas


1906-1937 Springfield city directories - Dr. Jens is a professor at Wittenberg College

Language and Literature in american Universities [Google]
At Wittenberg College, in Springfield, Ohio, Jens A. Ness, professor of Latin, taught a class in Norwegian in 1906 and for some years thereafter. Old Norse was offered in 1907, but it is not given now.

SANDUSKY REGISTER - 30 Jan 1927
Wittenberg College - Springfield, OH -
Jens A. Ness PhD Wittenberg Professor of Latin since 1904 has been elected to membership in the Medieval Academy of America.

PLAIN DEALER 11 Oct 1937
JENS A NESS RITES TODAY
"Linguist had taught 33 years at Wittenberg College
Springfield O Oct 10 - Wittenberg College will halt its classes today to honor in death Dr. Jens A. Ness Professor of Latin at the college since 1904. Dr. Ness described at the college as one of the great linguists of his time and one of the few surviving capable students in Sanskrit, fell dead Friday at 73 while walking near his residence. He had just written a letter to his 98 year old mother in Red Wing, Minnesota. His funeral will be held today."

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Jens married Lingah Christine Anderson, daughter of Unknown and Unknown. (Lingah Christine Anderson was born on 23 Dec 1871 in Kansas, died on 11 Jan 1954 in Springfield, Clark County, OH and was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield, Ohio.)