Georg Waaler | |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1895 |
Birth Place: | Hamar, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Parents: | Fredrikke Waaler |
Relatives: | Rolf Waaler (brother) Erik Waaler (brother) |
Occupation: | Physician |
Employer: | University of Oslo |
Known For: | Chairman of the Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine |
Georg Waaler (21 March 1895 – 27 February 1983) was a Norwegian physician, a professor of forensic medicine, and chairman of the Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine.
Waaler was born in Hamar on 21 March 1895 to physician Peder Ferdinand Waaler and musician Fredrikke Amalie Holtemann Rynning, and was a brother of Rolf and Erik Waaler. In 1920 he married Sophie Amalie Koller.
Waaler was appointed professor in forensic medicine at the University of Oslo from 1938 to 1965. He chaired the Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine from 1946 to 1965.[1] [2]