# Georg Dedichen

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{{Short description|Norwegian chemist (1870–1942)}}
'''Georg Maria Dedichen''' (8 July 1870 – 3 December 1942) was a Norwegian chemist.
==Biography==
He was born in [Modum](/source/Modum) as a son of physician Hans Gabriel Sundt Dedichen (1836–99) and his wife Caroline Henriette Fredrikke Thaulow (1836–1917). He was a brother of psychiatrist  [Henrik Dedichen](/source/Henrik_Dedichen) and a maternal grandson of [Heinrich Arnold Thaulow](/source/Heinrich_Arnold_Thaulow). He attended Trondheim Technical School (now [Norwegian University of Science and Technology](/source/Norwegian_University_of_Science_and_Technology)). He continued his studies in [Kristiania](/source/Oslo),  [Wiesbaden](/source/Wiesbaden) and [Kiel](/source/Kiel). 

He took the [doctorate](/source/doctorate) at the [University of Kiel](/source/University_of_Kiel) in 1894 on the thesis ''Synthesen von Benzolhydragenen mittelst Hydrazinhydrat'', his doctoral advisor being [Theodor Curtius](/source/Theodor_Curtius). In 1904 he was awarded the Crown Prince's gold medal (''Kronprinsens gullmedalj'') for the paper ''Bestemmelse av basiske ringsystemers affinitetsstørrelse''. <ref>{{cite web|url =  http://www.muv.uio.no/uios-historie/epoker/1811-1870/kronprinsen-kvist-010907.html|title= H.K.H. Kronprinsens gullmedalje|publisher=  University of Oslo |accessdate= February 1, 2018}}</ref>

He worked at the [University of Kristiania](/source/University_of_Oslo) (now [University of Oslo](/source/University_of_Oslo)) until 1911, at the [Norwegian Industrial Property Office](/source/Norwegian_Industrial_Property_Office) from 1911 to 1917 and at the chocolate company [Freia](/source/Freia_(chocolate)) from 1917. In 1930 he became a lecturer in chemistry at the University. He also worked as the editor of chemistry in ''[Teknisk Ugeblad](/source/Teknisk_Ukeblad)''.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Dedichen, Georg Maria|encyclopedia=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|editor=Bull, Edvard |editor-link=Edvard Bull, Sr. |editor2=[Jansen, Einar](/source/Einar_Jansen) |edition=1|first=Thorstein|last=Hiortdahl|authorlink=Thorstein Hiortdahl|year=1926|volume=3|pages=290–291|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

In June 1895 he married Danish citizen Hetna Ingeborg Brandes (1876–1936), a daughter of [Edvard Brandes](/source/Edvard_Brandes).<ref name=nbl/> Through his son, shipbroker Jan Kurt Dedichen, he was a father-in-law of [Aase Bye](/source/Aase_Bye).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Aase Bye|encyclopedia=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)|first=Lise|last=Lyche|volume=|editor=[Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle)|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Aase_Bye/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=21 April 2009}}</ref> Through his sister Christiane he was a brother-in-law of [Jacob Vilhelm Rode Heiberg](/source/Jacob_Vilhelm_Rode_Heiberg), and an uncle of [Hans Heiberg](/source/Hans_Heiberg).

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