Rutger Sernander
Johan Rutger Sernander | |
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 Rutger Sernander | |
| Born | 2 November 1866 Viby, Närke, Sweden |
| Died | 27 October 1944 (aged 77) Uppsala, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Known for | Palynology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, Botany, Palynology, Archaeology |
| Institutions | Uppsala University |
Johan Rutger Sernander (2 November 1866 – 27 October 1944) was a Swedish botanist, geologist and archaeologist. He was one of the founders of the study of palynology which would later be developed by Lennart von Post, as well as a pioneer in the early Swedish natural conservation and ecology movements. He was among other societies a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,[1] the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2] Sernander was one of the founders of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation in 1909, as well as its chairman during a number of the first years.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Sernander, Johan Rutger". Nordisk familjebok. 1917. p. 182.
- ^ Matrikel över ledamöter av Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien och Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets akademien, Bengt Hildebrand (1753–1953), Margit Engström och Åke Lilliestam (1954–1990), Stockholm 1992 ISBN 91-7402-227-X s. 54
- ^ Jonsell, Bengt (2003–2006). "J Rutger Sernander". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 32. Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden. p. 65. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Sern.
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Categories:
- People from Närke
- 20th-century Swedish geologists
- Swedish naturalists
- Phytogeographers
- Palynologists
- 1866 births
- 1944 deaths
- Burials at Uppsala old cemetery
- 19th-century Swedish geologists
- Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
- Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters