thumb|Kristian Lous around year 1900 {{Short description|Norwegian astronomer (1875–1941)}} '''Kristian Lous''' (9 August 1875 – 24 September 1941) was a Norwegian astronomer.
He was born in Oslo<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|date=|title=Kristian Lous|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://www.snl.no/Kristian_Lous|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 April 2009}}</ref> as a son of Attorney General Karl Lous.<ref name=snl2>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lous|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|author=Bratberg, Terje|authorlink=Terje Bratberg|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://snl.no/Lous|language=Norwegian|accessdate=31 December 2017|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130223191508/http://snl.no/Lous|archivedate=23 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a brother of barrister Georg Lous,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|date=1948|title=Lous, Georg|encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0329.html|page=329|language=Norwegian|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> grandson of barrister Johan Christian Vogelsang Lous and great-grandson of commodore Carl Christian Lous.<ref name=snl2/> His grandfather was a brother of Thora Marie Lous,<ref>[http://slektenkaas.com/getperson.php?personID=I4350&tree=1 Genealogical entry] for Thora Marie Lous</ref> who in turn was the mother of Christian Lous Lange. Kristian Lous was thus a second cousin of Halvard, Carl Viggo and August Lange.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|date=|title=Christian L Lange|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Asle|last=Sveen|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christian_L_Lange/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=19 February 2012}}</ref>
He managed the Observatory at the Royal Frederick University from 1919 to its closing in 1934. Special fields include celestial mechanics and the Three-body problem. He edited the official Norwegian almanac from 1928 to 1941.<ref name=snl/> He died in September 1941 and was buried in Ris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disnorge.no/gravminner/index.php?language=engelsk|title=Cemeteries in Norway|publisher=DIS-Norge|accessdate=19 February 2012}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lous, Kristian}} Category:1875 births Category:1941 deaths Category:Norwegian astronomers Category:Norwegian almanac editors Category:Academic staff of the University of Oslo Category:Scientists from Oslo
{{Norway-scientist-stub}} {{Europe-astronomer-stub}}