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Balthazar Mathias Keilhau
Balthazar Mathias Keilhau (2 November 1797 – 1 January 1858) was a Norwegian geologist and mountain pioneer. He is regarded as the founder of the discipline of geology in Norway, and has also been credited for the discovery of the Jotunheimen mountain range. Personal life Keilhau was born in Gjøvik to parish priest Johan David Bertram Keilhau and Johanne Marie Bodom. In 1830 he married Christine Kemp. His wife had been engaged to mathematician Nils Henrik Abel, a friend of Keilhau. When Abel died of tuberculosis in 1829, Keilhau was worried about his fiancé, and offered to marry her, although they had never met, and she accepted. Keilhau died in Oslo, Christiania in 1858. Career Keilhau is regarded as the founder of geology in Norway. He graduated from the Oslo Cathedral School, Christiania Cathedral School in 1816. In 1821 he graduated in mining, the first one at the University in Christiania, and received further industrial practice in Kongsberg. He subsequently studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Schreiber
Edele Christiane Margrethe Schreiber (4 October 1822, Voss - 23 November 1898, Oslo) was a Norwegian painter, known primarily for her portraits. Biography Her father Peter August Schreiber (1788-1865) was originally from Roskilde, Denmark and came to Norway as a military officer. @ Onsoski Jaeger Compagni. Her mother Christiane Margrethe Jersin, was the daughter of the Norwegian minister, Georg Burchard Jersin. She moved with her family to Bergen in 1832 and later to Stavanger where her father became a customs agent. In 1852, she went to Copenhagen and was apprenticed to Jørgen Roed.Anne Wichstrøm, Sissel Falck; ''Kvinneliv, kunstnerliv: kvinnelige malere i Norge før 1900''. Oslo: Gyldendal. pgs. 28-31. Later, together with Aasta Hansteen, she was one of the first female student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
