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Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch (8 January 1805 – 26 August 1883) was a Norwegian zoologist and educator.
He was born at Eidsberg in Østfold, Norway. Rasch studied botany and zoology at the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo). He was a professor of zoology and natural science at the University of Oslo from 1852 to 1874, having previously been a lector since 1847.
An avid hunter and sportsman, he published the book Jagten i Norge (1845) as well as works about livestock, oyster cultivation and beekeeping. He was among the founders of the Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug, a precursor to the Norwegian Confederation of Sports, in 1861.
Rasch was decorated as a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1863 and received the Silver Medal of the Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation at Paris in 1866.
References
- Preben S. Ottesen. "Halvor Rasch". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "Rasch, Halvor Heyerdahl". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
- Jæger, Henrik; Anderssen, Otto (1896). Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie. Videnskabernes Literatur i det nittende Aarhundrede. Vol. 4. Kristiania: Hjalmar Biglers forlag. p. 112.
- Rovdyrstatistikk 1846-2000. Ulvejakt, mot og svindel Archived 2007-02-14 at the Wayback Machine - Statistics Norway
- Henrik Jæger, Otto Anderssen (1896). "Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch". Illustreret norsk literaturhistorie. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
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