Oswald Charles Eugène Marie Ghislain de Kerchove de Denterghem (1 April 1844 – 20 March 1906), was a Belgian liberal politician. Oswald de Kerchove was a son of the

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Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem Count Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem (1819–1882) was a Belgian engineer and liberal politician. He was a son of the Ghent burgomaster Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem. His son Oswald would become Provincial Governor of Hainaut. Charles ...

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and became a liberal

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. He was

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in Hainaut from 1878 to 1884. He was an internationally recognized authority in the study of palms and

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Bibliography

* Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem, ''Les palmiers histoire iconographinque'', Paris, published by J. Rothschild, 1878. * Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem, ''Le Livre des Orchidées'', 1894.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Kerchove De Denterghem, Oswald 1844 births 1906 deaths Governors of Hainaut (province) Belgian naturalists Flemish nobility 19th-century Belgian scientists