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Evang, Karl, 1902-1981

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Personal name headingEvang, Karl, 1902-1981
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Associated countryNorway
Birth date1902-10-19
Death date1981-01-03
Place of birthOslo (Norway)
Place of deathOslo (Norway)
Field of activityWorld health
AffiliationWorld Health Organization
Profession or occupationPhysicians
Found inHis Helse og samfunn, 1974: t.p. (Karl Evang)
LC data base, 5/30/84 (hdg.: Evang, Karl, 1902- )
Artemis Literary Sources, accessed November 28, 2015: "Karl Evang." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2001 (Born October 19, 1902, in Oslo, Norway; died January 3, 1981 ... Physician ... Evang became interested in international health problems while spending five years in exile with the government of Norway, during World War II ...)
Wikipedia, viewed November 28, 2015: Karl Evang (Karl Evang (19 October 1902 -- 3 January 1981) was a Norwegian physician and civil servant ... He was born in Kristiania ... In 1938 he was appointed to the vacant position as director of the Norwegian Directorate for Health ... He spent the war years organizing a health administration for Norwegians abroad, spending time in the USA as well. After the war he co-founded the World Health Organization; he was also board chairman for some time ... He released the book Helse og Samfunn, an overview of the contemporary health sector. Other releases include selected articles from Populært Tidsskrift for Seksuell Oplysning, which were released in book form in 1947 and 1951 ... death in January 1981 in Oslo ...)
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