About Ove Dahl
Lived 1862 – 1940 (aged 78). Ove Dahl was a Norwegian botanist, historian and biologist.
Ove Christian Dahl (29 January 186217 September 1940) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Orkdal Municipality. 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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Who was Ove Dahl?
Norwegian botanist (1862-1940)
When was Ove Dahl born?
Ove Dahl was born on 29 January 1862 in Orkdal Municipality.
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Ove Dahl died on 17 September 1940 in Oslo.
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Ove Dahl was a botanist, historian and biologist.
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Ove Dahl was Norwegian.
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