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Peter Jörgensen
Peter Jörgensen ("Pedro Jorgensen") (3 August 1870 in Sønderby, Assens Municipality, Funen – 15 April 1937 in Villarrica, Paraguay) was a Danish people, Danish early 20th century entomology, entomologist, active particularly in Argentina and Paraguay. Life Peter Jörgensen was educated as a teacher of English and German language, German in Copenhagen in 1889. In 1892, he contracted tuberculosis — a condition he suffered from throughout the remainder of his life. In 1906, he joined his friend Anders Christian Jensen-Haarup on a trip to the Mendoza Province in western Argentina in the hope that the arid Andes Mountains, Andean climate would be beneficial to his health. The two Natural history, naturalists made extensive insect collections, which were either sold (e.g. to the German entomologist Heinrich FrieseFriese 1908) to cover their travel expenses or were sent to specialists for identification. They also published short accounts (in Danish language, Danish) of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Jørgensen
Peter Oscar Jørgensen (2 April 1907 – 27 August 1992) was a Denmark, Danish Boxing, boxer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Born in Hillerød, Hovedstaden he won the bronze medal in 1932 in the light heavyweight class after winning the third place fight against James Murphy (boxer), James Murphy in a walkover. References External linksPeter Jørgensen's profile at databaseOlympics 1907 births 1992 deaths Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in boxing Danish male boxers Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hillerød Municipality 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |