Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch

Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch (8 January 1805 – 26 August 1883) was a Norwegian zoologist and educator.[1]

Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch
Academic background

He was born at Eidsberg in Østfold, Norway. Rasch studied botany and zoology at the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo). [2] He was a professor of zoology and natural science at the University of Oslo from 1852 to 1874, having previously been a lector since 1847.[3][4]

An avid hunter and sportsman, he published the book Jagten i Norge (1845) as well as works about livestock, oyster cultivation and beekeeping. He was among the founders of the Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug, a precursor to the Norwegian Confederation of Sports, in 1861.[2]

Rasch was decorated as a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1863 and received the Silver Medal of the Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation at Paris in 1866.[5]

References
  1. Preben S. Ottesen. "Halvor Rasch". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  2. "Rasch, Halvor Heyerdahl". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  3. Jæger, Henrik; Anderssen, Otto (1896). Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie. Videnskabernes Literatur i det nittende Aarhundrede. 4. Kristiania: Hjalmar Biglers forlag. p. 112.
  4. Rovdyrstatistikk 1846-2000. Ulvejakt, mot og svindel Archived 2007-02-14 at the Wayback Machine - Statistics Norway
  5. Henrik Jæger, Otto Anderssen (1896). "Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch". Illustreret norsk literaturhistorie. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
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