Theodor Bull (1870 – 1958) was a Norwegian businessperson and genealogist. He was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...

as a son of medical doctor Edvard Isak Hambro Bull (1845–1925). He was a brother of theatre director Johan Peter Bull, historian and politician Edvard Bull and literary professor

Francis Bull Francis Bull (4 October 1887 – 4 July 1974) was a Norwegian literary historian, professor at the University of Oslo for more than thirty years, essayist and speaker, and magazine editor. Early and personal life Bull was born on 4 October ...

. Through Edvard Bull he was the uncle of historian Edvard Bull. He was also a nephew of military officer

Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull (30 June 1860 – 27 December 1936) was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Conservative Party. He is best known as the Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1910 to 1912. Personal life He was born on 30 ...

, grandnephew of

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (13 September 1817 – 15 April 1907) was a Norwegian civil servant and government minister. He served as acting Minister of Defence (Norway), Minister of the Army in 1875 (twice), 1881 and 1884. He also served as List ...

, great-grandson of

Georg Jacob Bull Georg Jacob Bull (1 August 1785 – 12 December 1854) was a Norway, Norwegian jurist and politician born in Oslo, Christiania, today Oslo. He was a stipendiary magistrate () of Bergen from 1810 to 1821. While stationed here, he was elected to the ...

and great-great-grandson of Chief Justice

Johan Randulf Bull Johan Randulf Bull (29 April 1749 – 28 February 1829) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Stod in Nordre Trondheim, as the brother of Johan Lausen Bull. He took the jurist examination in Copenhagen in 1778, and was a member of ''Det N ...

. In his professional career he worked as a wholesaler. He also published several genealogical works, and was the chairman of the Norwegian Genealogical Society from 1943 to 1952. In 1952, he was created an honorary member.

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1870 births 1958 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian genealogists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub