About Jacob Bøckmann Barth
Lived 1822 – 1892 (aged 70). Jacob Bøckmann Barth was a Norwegian writer, forester and civil servant.
Jacob Bøckmann Barth (11 March 1822 – 27 March 1892 in Lillehammer) was a Norwegian forester.
Barth was born in Kristiansand to second lieutenant Nicolai Bøckmann Barth (1797–1846) and Elisabeth Charlotte Bruun (1796–1873). In 1855, he married Adelaide Magdalene Lange (1828–97), daughter of priest Carl Georg Lange (1778–1850) and Inger Sye.
Graduating as cand.jur. (master's in law) in 1846, he received a government grant in 1852 for education in forestry. He traveled around the country between 1855 and 1860, providing the grounds to establish a national forestry authority. This was established in 1860, and Barth became district chief in Kristians Amt.
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Who was Jacob Bøckmann Barth?
Norwegian forester (1822-1892)
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Jacob Bøckmann Barth was born on 11 March 1822 in Kristiansand.
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Jacob Bøckmann Barth died on 27 March 1892 in Lillehammer.
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Jacob Bøckmann Barth was a writer, forester and civil servant.
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Jacob Bøckmann Barth was Norwegian.
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