# Emanuel Mohn

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**Emanuel Meyer Mohn** (15 February 1842 – 26 April 1891) was a Norwegian educator, mountain climber and illustrator. He was known for writing about and illustrating mountains in Norway.[1] He is credited with popularizing [mountaineering](/source/Mountaineering).[2]He committed [suicide](/source/Suicide) by drowning in April 1891 in [Utne](/source/Utne).[2]

## Biography

He was born in [Bergen](/source/Bergen) to Albert Henrik Mohn (1811–1894) and Ida Neumann (1814–1864). He was a brother of [Henrik](/source/Henrik_Mohn) and [Jakob Mohn](/source/Jakob_Mohn), and on the maternal side he was a grandson of bishop [Jacob Neumann](/source/Jacob_Neumann). He was a grand-uncle of [Frank](/source/Frank_Mohn) and [Albert Henrik Mohn](/source/Albert_Henrik_Mohn),[2] and an uncle-in-law of [Nils Yngvar Ustvedt](/source/Nils_Yngvar_Ustvedt).

He enrolled in higher education during 1864 at the University of Christiania and graduated with the [cand.mag.](/source/Cand.mag.) degree in 1869. He worked as a school teacher in Bergen, [Stavanger](/source/Stavanger), [Christiania](/source/Oslo) and [Aalesund](/source/%C3%85lesund) before holding his final job at [Bergen Cathedral School](/source/Bergen_Cathedral_School) from 1884 to 1889. He is best known as a contributor to the popularity of outdoors life in Norway, specifically [mountaineering](/source/Mountaineering). He wrote in the yearbook of the [Norwegian Trekking Association](/source/Norwegian_Trekking_Association) between 1871 and his death, and was also an illustrator. He ascended several mountains, but one of the downpoints came when he, trekking together with [William Cecil Slingsby](/source/William_Cecil_Slingsby), did not manage to [first ascend](/source/First_ascent) the [Store Skagastølstind](/source/Store_Skagast%C3%B8lstind).[2] He does hold co-credit for the first ascent of other mountains, such as [Torfinnstindene](/source/Torfinnstindene).

Mohn also travelled to other countries, partly in order to improve his health. He still struggled, however, with both physical and mental problems. He committed [suicide](/source/Suicide) by drowning in April 1891 in [Utne](/source/Utne).[2]

## References

1. Truls Engström. ["Emanuel Meyer Mohn"](https://snl.no/Emanuel_Meyer_Mohn). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved August 1, 2019.

1. Lauritzen, Per Roger. ["Emanuel Mohn"](https://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jakob_Mohn/utdypning) (in Norwegian). *[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)*. [Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle) (ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 April 2009.

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