Jørgen Brunchorst (10 August 1862 – 19 May 1917) was a Norwegian natural scientist, politician and diplomat.

Biography

Brunchorst was born in

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, the son of ship builder and – captain Christian Ege Brunchorst (1835–64) and his wife Emma Wesenberg (1837–1919). His nephew Knut Fægri was one of the most outstanding botanists of the 19th century. Brunchorst specialised in botany at university, and after finishing his Ph.D. in Germany, he became director of

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. In this position, he worked towards popularising the natural sciences, and was also a pioneer in the field of

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in Norway. Brunchorst was also a politician, representing the

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and later the Coalition Party. He sat in the Norwegian

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in the periods 1895–97 and 1903–06. He was later appointed

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towards the end of Christian Michelsen's cabinet in September 1907, and remained in that position during the short-lived cabinet of Jørgen Løvland, from October 1907 to March 1908. Shortly before his period in the government, he had served as a diplomat in

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. After the government fell he returned to Havana, before being transferred to

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, in 1910. In 1916 he was again transferred, to

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, where he died the next year.

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1862 births 1917 deaths 19th-century Norwegian botanists Government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting 1895–1897 Members of the Storting 1904–1906 Norwegian diplomats {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub

Biography

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