Alf Brodal
Alf Brodal | |
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Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav Several honorary degrees | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | neuroanatomy |
Institutions | University of Oslo professor 1950–1977 |
Alf Brodal (25 January 1910 – 29 February 1988) was a Norwegian professor of anatomy.
Personal life
He was born in Kristiania as a son of the doctor of engineering Peter Brodal (1872–1935) and his wife Helene Kathrine Obenauer (1879–1934).[1] He was a brother of violinist Jon Brodal (1911-1998) and psalm writer Anne Margarethe Brodal (1914-1999).[2] Brodal was married to physiotherapist Inger Olivia Hannestad (1910–1986). He died in 1988 in Bærum.[1] Their son Per Alf Brodal also became a professor of medicine.[3]
Career
He
His books include Nevro-anatomi i relasjon til klinisk nevrologi (1943), the translation Neurological Anatomy in Relation to Clinical Medicine (1st edition 1948),(2d edition 1969,(3d edition 1981) and Centralnervesystemet (1949). In 1973, after suffering a
Brodal served as the
Brodal was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1944 to his death. He received honorary degrees at Uppsala University (1966), University of Paris (1975) and the University of Oxford (1983). He was decorated as a Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1969, and was promoted to Commander of the same order in 1980.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Larsen, Øivind (1999). "Alf Brodal". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ Ellingsen, Svein; Haavik, Åge (27 January 2000). "Anne Margarethe Brodal". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ Wiese, Ingeborg (1 February 1999). "Per Alf Brodal: Med lillehjernen i bløt". Apollon (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 March 2009.