About Peder Kjerschow
Lived 1857 – 1944 (aged 87). Peder Kjerschow was a Norwegian judge.
Peder Kjerschow (5 June 1857 – 10 December 1944) was a Norwegian judge.
He was born in Tromsøe, as a son of Christian Collett Kjerschow and grandson of Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow. Through marriage he was a nephew of Jacob Andreas Michelsen and first cousin of Christian Michelsen. He was also a great-grandfather of Arild Kjerschow, born 1944.
He became a public prosecutor in 1891, presiding judge in 1902 and Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions in 1911. He retired in 1929. He issued several books.
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Who was Peder Kjerschow?
Norwegian judge
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Peder Kjerschow was born on 5 June 1857 in Tromsø Municipality.
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Peder Kjerschow died on 10 December 1944.
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Peder Kjerschow was a judge.
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Peder Kjerschow was Norwegian.
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