Peter Vogelius Deinboll

Peter Vogelius Deinboll (8 January 1783 Copenhagen – 13 May 1874 Aker, Norway) was a Danish-Norwegian priest, parliamentary representative and entomologist. He was the son of Christian Deinboll and Karen Christiane Holm, and lived most of his adult life in Norway, serving as a vicar in East Finnmark and later at Løten in Hedmark. He married Anna Marie Dorthea Deinboll and they raised a son August Thorvald Deinboll.[1]

Peter Vogelius Deinboll
Born(1783-01-08)8 January 1783
Died13 May 1874(1874-05-13) (aged 91)
Occupation(s)Botanist, entomologist, and politician

His interest in politics led him to the Storting as representative of Finnmark for the terms 1821 and 1824.[2] For his considerable contributions to science and politics, he was made a knight of the Order of St. Olav.

The standard author abbreviation Deinboll is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

He was honoured in 1827, when botanists Schumach. & Thonn.[4] named a genus of plants Deinbollia after him.[5]

References
  1. "Prest Peter Vogelius Deinboll".
  2. "Peter Vogelius Deinboll" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. International Plant Names Index.  Deinboll.
  4. "Deinbollia Schumach. & Thonn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
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