Rutger Sernander
Johan Rutger Sernander | |
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Born | 2 November 1866 Viby, Närke, Sweden |
Died | 27 October 1944 Uppsala, Sweden | (aged 77)
Nationality | Swedish |
Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Known for | Palynology |
Spouse | Signe Lindhagen |
Children | 1 |
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]
He was professor of plant biology at Uppsala University from 1908 until 1931.[4]
He was married to Signe Lindhagen and they had one daughter, Greta Sernander-DuRietz.[4]
Lichens named after him include Leptogium sernanderi DuRietz. (now Leptogium rivulare)[5], which he found around 1914 but the type specimen was probably collected later by his daughter.[4]
See also
[edit]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.
- ^ a b c Jorgensen, Per M.; Lindblom, Louise (2006). "Greta Sernander-DuRietz – Sveriges första kvinnliga lavforskare" (PDF). Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift. 100 (4): 256–260. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Leptogium sernanderi Du Rietz, 1922". GBIF. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Sern.
- 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