Otto Lous Mohr

Otto Lous Mohr (8 March 1886 23 June 1967) was a Norwegian medical doctor.

Otto Lous Mohr
Otto Lous Mohr in 1946
Born(1886-03-08)8 March 1886
Died23 June 1967(1967-06-23) (aged 81)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationAnatomist
EmployerUniversity of Oslo

Mohr was born in Mandal. He was a professor of anatomy at the University of Oslo from 1919 to 1952, and served as rector from 1946 to 1952.[1][2]

During the German occupation of Norway he was arrested by the Nazi authorities on 11 September 1941, together with Didrik Arup Seip and Anton Wilhelm Brøgger. He was incarcerated at Møllergata 19 until 30 September, then at Grini concentration camp from 28 March 1942.[3]

References

  1. "Otto Lous Mohr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  2. Walløe, Lars. "Otto Lous Mohr". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  3. Giertsen, Børre R., ed. (1946). Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 31. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Henning Bødtker
Chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society
1917 (spring)
Succeeded by
Erling Winsnes
Academic offices
Preceded by
Didrik Arup Seip
Rectors of the University of Oslo
19461952
Succeeded by
Frede Castberg


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