He studied at the Sorø Academy, where he studied theology and zoology. He later became a lieutenant in the Royal Danish Navy and traveled to Greenland to pursue his passion for malacology. While there, he wrote the Index Molluscorum Grönlandiae, which described all of the mollusks native to Greenland.[1]
From 1843 to 1845 he served as Inspector of Colonies and Whaling in North Greenland before his untimely death in Rome at the age of 34.
hans, peter, christian, møller, 1810, 1845, danish, malacologist, inspector, north, greenland, royal, inspector, north, greenlandin, office, 1843, 1845preceded, byludvig, fastingsucceeded, bynicolai, zimmerpersonal, detailsborn2, november, 1810helsingør, denma. Hans Peter Christian Moller 1810 1845 was a Danish malacologist and Inspector of North Greenland Hans Peter Christian MollerRoyal Inspector of North GreenlandIn office 1843 1845Preceded byLudvig FastingSucceeded byNicolai ZimmerPersonal detailsBorn2 November 1810Helsingor DenmarkDied18 October 1845 1845 10 19 aged 34 Rome Papal StatesOccupationZoologist malacologist administrator He studied at the Soro Academy where he studied theology and zoology He later became a lieutenant in the Royal Danish Navy and traveled to Greenland to pursue his passion for malacology While there he wrote the Index Molluscorum Gronlandiae which described all of the mollusks native to Greenland 1 From 1843 to 1845 he served as Inspector of Colonies and Whaling in North Greenland before his untimely death in Rome at the age of 34 Moller s sister Sophie married Christian Soren Marcus Olrik who later also served as inspector Moller s gravestone in RomeSee also editList of inspectors of GreenlandReferences edit Eintrag im Biografisk Leksikon for Gronland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hans Peter Christian Moller amp oldid 933563417, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
