Haaken Hasberg Gran
Haaken Hasberg Gran | |
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Bergens Museum University of Oslo | |
Academic advisors | Nordal Wille Johan Hjort |
Notable students | Trygve Braarud |
Haaken Hasberg Gran (17 April 1870 – 2 June 1955) was a Norwegian botanist.
Personal life
Gran was born in Tønsberg as the son of naval captain August Kriegsmann Gran (1844–1895) and his wife Agnes Hasberg (1846–1928). He was the paternal grandson of politician Jens Gran, nephew of businessperson Jens Gran, Jr., first cousin of aviator Tryggve Gran and second cousin of writer Gerhard Gran. He married Margrethe Kristofa Holm (1877–1932) in August 1897.[1]
Career
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He was a member of Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. He was awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal in 1938, and was a Knight of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, the Swedish Order of the Polar Star and the Turkish Order of the Medjidie.[1]
Gran was also a choir singer, a keen horticulturalist (chairman of the Norwegian Horticulture Society from 1908 to 1938), vice chairman of the Norwegian-British Friendship Society from 1921 to 1929 and a member of the Oxford Group. He died in 1955 in Oslo.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Eckblad, Finn-Egil (2001). "Haaken H Gran". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 March 2009.