Herman Høst (17 April 1926 – 14 September 2023) was a Norwegian physician.

Høst was born in Bærum as a son of physician Herman Fleischer Høst. He graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1951 and took the dr.med. degree in 1966. He was a chief physician at the Norwegian Radium Hospital from 1974 and a professor of radiological cancer therapy at the University of Oslo from 1975. From 1980 to 1985 he was the dean of the Faculty of Medicine. He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. He retired in 1996.[1][2] Høst died on 14 September 2023, at the age of 97.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Borgen, Per Otto (2006). "Høst, Herman". Asker og Bærum leksikon (in Norwegian). Drammen: Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie. p. 242. ISBN 82-91649-10-3.
  2. ↑ "Herman Høst feiret 95-årsdagen i Oslo Kajakklubb". OKK. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Fysisk aktivitet var Herman Høsts store hobby". Aftenposten. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.


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