Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem explained

Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem
Birth Name:	Oswald Charles Eugène Marie Ghislain de Kerchove de Denterghem
Birth Date:	1844 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Ghent, Belgium
Death Place:	Ghent, Belgium
Nationality:	Belgian
Occupation:	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.^[3]
• Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem, Le Livre des Orchidées, 1894.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liberaal Archief.
2. Web site: Biography in Liberaal Archief.
3. Web site: Chromolithographs. 6 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20100903153027/http://shigitatsu.com/Palm%20Prints/Palm%20Prints.htm. 3 September 2010. dead.
4. Web site: Sutton Antiquarion Books. 6 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120725133437/http://www.suttonbooks.com/cgi-bin/rsb/45397.html?id=dtXKuCyw. 25 July 2012. dead.