Michael Skjelderup (1769–1852)

Michael Skjelderup (22 October 1769 – 16 April 1852) was a Norwegian physician and educator.[1]

Skjelderup was born in the parish of Hof in Vestfold, Norway. He graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Surgery (1794) and first held a position as a professor at the University of Copenhagen (1805–14). He subsequently became a professor at the University of Oslo (1815 - 1849). He was the father of Norwegian Government minister Jacob Worm Skjelderup.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Larsen, Øivind. "Michael Skjelderup". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Svein Atle Skålevåg. "Michael Skjelderup". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 15, 2016.


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