Peter Olrog Schjøtt (29 July 1833 – 7 January 1926) was a Norwegian

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and politician.

Personal life

Peter Olrog Schjøtt was born in 1833 to priest and politician Ole Hersted Schjøtt (1805–1848) and his wife Anna Jacobine, née Olrog, in Dybvaag where his father was stationed as

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. He was named after his maternal grandfather Peter Olrog.Opptegnelser fra det gamle Porsgrunn
by Inga Friis. Hosted by Porsgrunn public library. He was the brother of philologist Steinar Schjøtt, who was born Stener Johannes Stenersen Schjøtt, named after professor of theology

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, but later adhered to

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and Norwegianized his name. Peter Olrog Schjøtt married Mathilde (1844–1926) from Christiania, philologist and daughter of noted jurist Bernhard Dunker. Their most prominent child was jurist Sofie Schjøtt.

Career

An academic, Schjøtt was appointed acting lector in

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at the

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in May 1865. In January 1866 he was given a permanent position as lector, and in June the same year he was promoted to professor. He left in March 1888.List of academics at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo, 1813–1984
(PDF) Retrieved 2008-06-16 He then embarked on a political career, representing the

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. He was a member of the Council of State Division in

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from 13 March 1888 to 1 August 1888,

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from 1 August 1888 to 28 August 1888, member of the Council of State Division again from 30 August 1888 to 1 February 1889, and then Minister of Auditing from 23 February 1889 to 13 July 1889. Within the last period he was also Minister of Finance and Customs from 1 May 1889 to 6 June 1889.Peter Olrog Schjøtt born 1833
- Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) In July 1889 he returned to his professorship, this time expanded to the field of

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, at the University of Kristiania. He retired in April 1918. He died in that city in 1926.

References

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