Ole Peder Arvesen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian engineer and mathematician
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Place of Birth: Fredrikstad, Eastern Norway, Norway
About Ole Peder Arvesen
- Ole Peder Arvesen (27 March 1895 – 23 January 1991) was a Norwegian engineer and mathematician. He was born in Fredrikstad.
- He was appointed professor of descriptive geometry at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1938 to 1965.
- He served as secretary general of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1950 to 1966, having been a fellow since 1934, and was also a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
- Among his publications are Under Duskens billedbok from 1928, the textbook Innføring i nomografi from 1932, Mennesker og matematikere from 1940, Glimt av den store karikatur from 1941, and the memoir book Men bare om løst og fast from 1976.
- He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St.
- Olav in 1965. A portrait of Arvesen, painted by Agnes Hiorth, is located at the Student Society in Trondheim, where he was an active participant over many years.
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