Gustav Reidar Birkeland (19 November 1928 – 19 September 2018) was a Norwegian veterinarian.

Life and career

Gustav Reidar Birkeland was born in

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, and took the ''dr.med.vet.'' degree in 1955. He was a lecturer in

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at the

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science Norwegian School of Veterinary Science ( no, Norges veterinærhøgskole) or NVH was a public university located at Adamstuen in Oslo, that educated veterinarians and veterinary nurses as well as research within aquatic medicine, food safety ...

from 1959 to 1984, and then professor from 1985 to 1994. He also served as

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there from 1983 to 1988. He holds an

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from Helsinki, bestowed 1995. Birkeland died on 19 September 2018, at the age of 89.

References

1928 births 2018 deaths People from Sauda Norwegian veterinarians Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science Rectors of the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science {{Norway-academic-bio-stub