Herman Baars, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Herman Baars

Norwegian fisheries commissioner

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1822

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1896

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Herman Baars

  • Herman Brunchorst Baars (13 April 1822 – 5 September 1896) was a Norwegian fisheries commissary. He was born in Bergen as a son of Søren Baars and his wife Divert Brunchorst.
  • He was a cousin of Fredrik Georg Gade.
  • In 1855 he married Margrethe Elisabeth Konow (1832–1881).He took a business education, and worked as a city treasurer in Bergen from 1868.
  • He was the Norwegian commissary at the international fisheries exhibitions in Amsterdam 1861 and Boulogne-sur-Mer 1866, and secretary at the exhibition in Bergen in 1865.
  • He was also a delegate to world's fairs, including the Centennial Exposition of 1876.
  • In all his work had a "large significance" for fisheries in Norway, wrote Norsk biografisk leksikon.

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