c# - Pass Type as a parameter to a function -

i have dictionary object

dictionary<string, type> dict = new dictionary<string, type>(); 

i have baseclass , number of child-classes, say: childclass1, childclass2, etc. dictionary has values:

dict.add("type1", typeof(childclass1)); dict.add("type2", typeof(childclass2)); 

my question - there way this:

baseclass c = new <<get type dict: dict[type1]>>()? 

i want make solution more flexible, i'm not sure if that's possible @ all. thanks!

var c = (baseclass)activator.createinstance(dict["type1"]);