Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem
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Died20 March 1906 (aged 61)
Ghent, Belgium
Occupationspolitician, lawyer
Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem | |
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| Born | Oswald Charles Eugène Marie Ghislain de Kerchove de Denterghem 1 April 1844 |
| Died | 20 March 1906 (aged 61) Ghent, Belgium |
| Occupations | 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.
