Background
Sartz, Richard Sophus Nielsen was born on June 30, 1852 in Stryn, Norway. Son of Hans Henrik Bödtker and Inger Charlotte (Bruun) Sartz.
Sartz, Richard Sophus Nielsen was born on June 30, 1852 in Stryn, Norway. Son of Hans Henrik Bödtker and Inger Charlotte (Bruun) Sartz.
Bachelor of Arts, Christiania University, 1870. Post-graduate, 1871-1872-1873.
Came to America, 1879. In mercantile business and newspaper writer, Philadelphia, New York and Minneapolis, 1879-1889. Editor Minneapolis Daglig Tidende, 1889-1892, Norden (Chicago), 1892-1896.
Translator Department of Agriculture, Washington, since 1898.
Editor American division of Nord-mandsforbundet, Christiania. Associate editor Illustreret Norsk konversations-leksikon, Christiania, since 1906.
Correspondent various papers of Norway.
Member Normandsforbundet, American Scandinavian Society (New York), Norwegian Society of Doctorate. of C. (honorary president).