Bernhard Dunker
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Born22 May 1809
Died28 July 1870 (aged 61)
OccupationsJurist
Writer
Writer
KnownforAttorney General of Norway 1859–1870
Bernhard Dunker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 May 1809 |
| Died | 28 July 1870 (aged 61) |
| Occupations | Jurist Writer |
| Known for | Attorney General of Norway 1859–1870 |
| Children | Mathilde Schjøtt (daughter) |
| Parent | Conradine Birgitte Dunker (mother) |
| Relatives | Vilhelmine Ullmann (sister) Christopher Hansteen (uncle) Ragna Nielsen (niece) Viggo Ullmann (nephew) Jens Gram Dunker (grandson) Peter Olrog Schjøtt (son-in-law) Sofie Schjøtt (granddaughter) |
Bernhard Dunker (22 May 1809 – 28 July 1870) was a Norwegian jurist, barrister and Attorney General of Norway.
Dunker was born in the Duchy of Schleswig in Southern Jutland to Conradine Birgitte Hansteen and Johan Friedrich Wilhelm Dunker, and came to Norway when he was one year old. He was a brother of Vilhelmine Ullmann, and nephew of astronomer Christopher Hansteen. He married Edle Jasine Theodore Grundt in 1839, and among their children was writer and feminist Mathilde Schjøtt. He was uncle of politician and feminist Ragna Nielsen and educator and politician Viggo Ullmann, grandfather of architect Jens Gram Dunker, and father-in-law of philologist and politician Peter Olrog Schjøtt.[1]
