Herman Anker

{{Short description|Norwegian school teacher and educationalist}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1839|7|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Halden

| death_date = {{Death date and age |1896|8|9|1839|7|15|df=y}}

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| nationality = Norwegian

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• Katti Anker Møller
• Ella Anker }}

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Herman Anker (15 July 1839 – 9 August 1896) was a Norwegian school teacher and educationalist.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Herman Anker |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Herman_Anker |language=Norwegian |accessdate=24 July 2013}}

He was born at Rød Manor in Halden, a son of wholesaler Peter Martin Anker. He was the brother of Christian August Anker, and father of Katti Anker Møller and Ella Anker.

He went to the Latin School at Fredrikshald and took school graduation in 1857. He attended the University of Christiania earning his theological degree in 1863.{{cite web|url= http://ostfoldmuseene.no/avdelingene/halden-historiske-samlinger/rod-herregaard-og-rods-hage/|title= Rød herregård i Halden|publisher= Ostfold Museene|accessdate= August 15, 2016|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160812052513/http://ostfoldmuseene.no/avdelingene/halden-historiske-samlinger/rod-herregaard-og-rods-hage/|archivedate= 2016-08-12}}

As a theological student in Copenhagen, he had met Grundtvig and became introduced to his thought on education and the development of the folk high school movement. In 1864 along with Olaus Arvesen, he founded Sagatun Folk High School at Hamar. This was the first folk high school in Norway.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/folkeh%C3%B8yskole|title=folkehøyskole|publisher= Store norske leksikon|accessdate= August 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Sagatun|title=Sagatun|publisher= Store norske leksikon|accessdate= August 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url= https://nbl.snl.no/Olaus_Arvesen|title=Olaus Arvesen|publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon|author= Oddvar Vormeland

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{{cite encyclopedia|title=Herman Anker |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Oddvar |last=Vormeland |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Herman_Anker/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=24 July 2013}}