Norwegian judge and politician
August Thomle portrait
August Thomle (6 June 1816, Arendal – 24 June 1889)[ 1] was a Norwegian judge and politician .
He was born in Arendal , Norway , as the son of Erich Andreas Thomle and his wife, Mette Maria, née Binneballe. His brother, Iver Steen Thomle , became a jurist and politician. August Thomle married twice: in 1845 and 1860.
In his first marriage, with Helene Marie Fredrikke Binneballe (1820–1851), he had one son: Erik Andreas Thomle , an archivist .[ 2]
In his second marriage, to Cornelia Kraft, he had the sons Carl Sophus Thomle , attorney , and Jens Edvard Thomle , civil servant .[ 3]
He graduated from the Royal Frederick University in Christiania with the Cand.jur. degree in 1837. He then worked as a clerk for one year, and then attorney in Drammen , Rouen , and Paris . In 1843 he moved back to Christiania . He was mayor of Christiania in 1863. From 1865 to 1881 he worked as Supreme Court Assessor .
He was proclaimed Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1868. He died in Kristiania .
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