Ove Dahl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ove Dahl

Norwegian botanist

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1862

Place of Birth: Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1940

Profession: historian, botanist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Ove Dahl

  • Ove Christian Dahl (29 January 1862 – 17 September 1940) was a Norwegian botanist.
  • He was born in Orkdal.
  • He graduated in philology from the University of Kristiania in 1886, and then worked as a teacher.
  • His interests eventually turned towards botany, and he was appointed at the Botanical Museum in Kristiania from 1893 to 1922, the first years as assistant to professor Axel Blytt.
  • He is particularly known for his plant geographical works, and also for completing Blytt's Norwegian flora in 1906.
  • This flora was the only such work in Norway until the 1940s.
  • His later years were tragic, and he spent his last eighteen years at a psychiatric institution.

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