Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem
Portrait by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, 1898
Born
Oswald Charles Eugène Marie Ghislain de Kerchove de Denterghem

(1844-04-01)1 April 1844
Ghent, Belgium
Died20 March 1906(1906-03-20) (aged 61)
Ghent, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)politician, lawyer

Oswald Charles Eugène Marie Ghislain de Kerchove de Denterghem (1 April 1844 – 20 March 1906),[1] was a Belgian liberal politician.[2] Oswald de Kerchove was a son of the Ghentian mayor Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem.
De Kerchove was a lawyer and became a liberal senator. He was governor in Hainaut from 1878 to 1884. He was an internationally recognized authority in the study of palms and orchids.

Bibliography

  • Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem, Les palmiers histoire iconographinque, Paris, published by J. Rothschild, 1878.[4]
  • Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem, Le Livre des Orchidées, 1894.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Liberaal Archief".
  2. ↑ "Biography in Liberaal Archief".
  3. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Kerch.
  4. ↑ "Chromolithographs". Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Sutton Antiquarion Books". Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2008.

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