Christian Peder Bianco Boeck

Who was Christian Peder Bianco Boeck?

Christian Peder Bianco Boeck was a Norwegian doctor, zoologist and mountaineer. He is most associated with his catalog of approved drugs, Pharmacopoea Norvegica.

He was married to Elisabeth Collett and lived in Løkken, Marienlyst in the borough of St. Hanshaugen in Kristiania. He worked as a lecturer in Veterinary science at the faculty of medicine in the University of Oslo. He later became a professor in physiology. In 1849, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

As a student he wanted a botanically-motivated expedition to Jotunheimen, with a launch point from the farm of Skrebergo in Øystre Slidre, where he had studied years before. This trip, which he undertook together with Baltazar Mathias Keilhau, resulted in the first ascent of Kalvehøgdi, Falketind and Nordre Skagastølstind. Later, the expedition became known as the Jotunheimen discovery. Boeck never came back to the area.