residence predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
glen echo heights , maryland none william lincoln brown 15 july 1949 manitowoc , wisconsin glen echo heights , maryland 1st register of copyrights april 22 , 1852 july 22 , 1897 mary adelaide nourse thorvald solberg
 april 21 , 1930 thorvald solberg
thorvald solberg

thorvald solberg -lrb- april 22 , 1852 -- july 15 , 1949 -rrb- was the first register of copyrights -lrb- 1897 -- 1930 -rrb- in the united states copyright office .
he was a noted authority on copyright and played an instrumental role in shaping the copyright act of 1909 .
