Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem

Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem
Portrait by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, 1898
Born
Oswald Charles Eugène Marie Ghislain de Kerchove de Denterghem

(1844-04-01)1 April 1844
Died20 March 1906(1906-03-20) (aged 61)
Ghent, Belgium
Occupationspolitician, lawyer
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Oswald Charles Eugène Marie Ghislain de Kerchove de Denterghem (1 April 1844 – 20 March 1906) was a Belgian liberal politician. 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.