Thordar Fladmoe Quelprud was a Norwegian geneticist.
14 Facts About Thordar Quelprud
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Thordar Quelprud was appointed a professor of genetic studies at the University of Oslo during the Second World War, and he was removed from the position in 1945.
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Thordar Quelprud was the son of the painter Knut Qvelprud and the music teacher Nora Ingeleif Fladmoe-Qvelprud.
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The surname Thordar Quelprud comes from the Kvelprud farm in Al, where Thordar Quelprud's father was born.
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Thordar Quelprud was a participant in 1929 at the 18th Norwegian Scandinavian Natural Scientists' Meeting in Copenhagen, where he was listed as having a master's degree and affiliated with the University of Oslo's Zoology Laboratory.
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Thordar Quelprud originally wanted to work with fruit flies, but Bonnevie felt he should become a human geneticist.
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Thordar Quelprud graduated with a master's degree in 1930 and received a fellowship from the Institute for Genetic Research in 1935.
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Thordar Quelprud studied ear morphology in particular, and a hereditary normal variant called Thordar Quelprud's nodule on the posterior surface of the auricle is named after him.
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Thordar Quelprud was a member of the Nasjonal Samling party from 1934 to 1936 but then withdrew.
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Thordar Quelprud gave lectures on genetic biology and racial science at the Nasjonal Samling political school in Jessheim, and he wrote articles for the party's periodical NS Manedshefte.
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Thordar Quelprud was considered politically naive, but he nonetheless enjoyed the status of a kind of racial ideologue.
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Thordar Quelprud became frustrated with this development, sought leave as a lecturer, and resigned from Nasjonal Samling in the fall of 1944.
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Shortly after Norway's liberation in May 1945, Thordar Quelprud was dismissed from his position at the University of Oslo.
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However, Thordar Quelprud was not invited to the Academy of Sciences and its dinners, but closer relations were established.