Peter Vogelius Deinboll
Norwegian botanist, entomologist
About Peter Vogelius Deinboll
Lived 1783 – 1874 (aged 91). Peter Vogelius Deinboll was a Norwegian entomologist, politician, botanist and lutheran pastor.
Peter Vogelius Deinboll (8 January 1783 Copenhagen – 13 May 1874 Aker, Norway) was a Danish-Norwegian priest, parliamentary representative and entomologist. He was the son of Christian Deinboll and Karen Christiane Holm, and lived most of his adult life in Norway, serving as a vicar in East Finnmark and later at Løten in Hedmark. He married Anna Marie Dorthea Deinboll and they raised a son August Thorvald Deinboll.
His interest in politics led him to the Storting as representative of Finnmark for the terms 1821 and 1824. For his considerable contributions to science and politics, he was made a knight of the Order of St. Olav.
He was honoured in 1827, when botanists Schumach. & Thonn. named a genus of plants Deinbollia after him.
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Norwegian botanist, entomologist (1783-1874)
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Peter Vogelius Deinboll was born on 8 January 1783 in Copenhagen.
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Peter Vogelius Deinboll died on 13 May 1874 in Vestre Aker.
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Peter Vogelius Deinboll was an entomologist, politician, botanist and lutheran pastor.
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Peter Vogelius Deinboll was Norwegian.
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