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Arent Greve De Besche
Arent Greve de Besche (4 December 1878 – 16 September 1945) was a Norwegian bacteriologist. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Oscar de Besche (1846–1909) and Anna Sophie Løberg. His father owned the newspaper ''Morgenbladet'', so did his grandfather Johan Gerhard de Besche. The family had migrated to Sweden from the Netherlands in the 16th century, and one branch from there to Norway in the 17th century. He finished his secondary education in 1896, and graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1904. He worked as a hospital assistant from 1906 to 1912, except for half a year in 1908 when he studied in Berlin (under Georg Theodor August Gaffky and August von Wasserman) and Belitz. In 1912 he was appointed as an associate professor at Rikshospitalet, and the next year he took the dr.med. degree on the thesis ''Bakteriologiske studier over barnetuberkulose''. He later published mostly in German and US journals. In 1920 he became lecturer of medicinal bacteriology at the univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
