Edvard Kaurin Barth (19 April 1913 – 23 April 1996) was a Norwegian zoologist and photographer.

Biography

Barth was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

He worked as curator at the Zoological Museum in Oslo from 1956 to 1981. He was a board member and later chairman of the Norwegian Ornithological Society, and edited the periodical ''Fauna norvegica'' from 1979 to 1994. Among his works are ''Måkeskrik'' from 1947, ''Fokstumyra'' from 1971, and ''Rondane nasjonalpark'' from 1971. During the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

Barth was a central member of the clandestine intelligence network XU.

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1913 births 1996 deaths Scientists from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian zoologists Norwegian ornithologists Norwegian photographers Norwegian resistance members XU {{Norway-artist-stub