Otto Lous Mohr

{{short description|Norwegian medical doctor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Otto Lous Mohr | image = 31848 Otto Lous Mohr.jpg | caption = Otto Lous Mohr in 1946 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1886|3|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]] | death_date = {{Death date and age |1967|6|23|1886|3|8|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | monuments = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Anatomist | years_active = | employer = [[University of Oslo]] | organization = | known_for = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | father = | mother = | relatives = | awards = }}

'''Otto Lous Mohr''' (8 March 1886 – 23 June 1967) was a Norwegian medical doctor and geneticist.

Mohr was born in [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]]. He was a professor of [[anatomy]] at the [[University of Oslo]] from 1919 to 1952, and served as [[Rector (academia)|rector]] from 1946 to 1952.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Otto Lous Mohr |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Otto_Lous_Mohr |language=Norwegian | accessdate=4 December 2009 }}</ref><ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Otto Lous Mohr |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Lars |last=Walløe |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Otto_Lous_Mohr/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=4 December 2009 }}</ref>

During the [[German occupation of Norway]] he was arrested by the Nazi authorities on 11 September 1941, together with [[Didrik Arup Seip]] and [[Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (archaeologist)|Anton Wilhelm Brøgger]]. He was incarcerated at [[Møllergata 19]] until 30 September, then at [[Grini concentration camp]] from 28 March 1942.<ref name=fangeleks>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia=Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene |editor=Giertsen, Børre R.| page=31|year=1946 |language=Norwegian|publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-culture}} {{succession box |before=[[Henning Bødtker]] |after=[[Erling Winsnes]] |title=Chairman of the [[Norwegian Students' Society]] |years=1917 (spring) }} {{s-aca}} {{succession box | before=[[Didrik Arup Seip]]| title=[[List of rectors of the University of Oslo|Rectors of the University of Oslo]] | years=1946–1952 | after=[[Frede Castberg]]}} {{s-end}}

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