August Thomle (6 June 1816,

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– 24 June 1889)Geni - August Thomle (1816-1889)
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and

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. He was born in

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, as the son of Erich Andreas Thomle and his wife, Mette Maria, née Binneballe. His brother,

Iver Steen Thomle Iver Steen Thomle (1 March 1812, in Froland – 16 September 1889, in Kristiania) was Norwegian jurist. He was the son of Erich Andreas Thomle and his wife Mette Maria, née Binneballe. His brother was politician and jurist August Thomle. In 183 ...

, became a

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and politician. August Thomle married twice: in 1845 and 1860. In his first marriage, with Helene Marie Fredrikke Binneballe (1820–1851), he had one son: Erik Andreas Thomle, an

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. In his second marriage, to Cornelia Kraft, he had the sons Carl Sophus Thomle, attorney, and Jens Edvard Thomle,

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. He graduated from the

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in Christiania with the

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degree in 1837. He then worked as a clerk for one year, and then attorney in

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, and

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. In 1843 he moved back to Christiania. He was

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of Christiania in 1863. From 1865 to 1881 he worked as

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Assessor. He was proclaimed Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1868. He died in

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1816 births 1889 deaths People from Arendal University of Oslo alumni Mayors of Oslo Supreme Court of Norway justices {{Norway-law-bio-stub