Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem | |
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![]() Portrait by
Jules Joseph Lefebvre, 1898 | |
Born | Oswald Charles Eugène Marie Ghislain de Kerchove de Denterghem 1 April 1844 |
Died | 20 March 1906 Ghent, Belgium | (aged 61)
Nationality | Belgian |
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.