Rutger Sernander

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]

Johan Rutger Sernander
Rutger Sernander
Born2 November 1866
Viby, Närke, Sweden
Died27 October 1944 (1944-10-28) (aged 77)
Uppsala, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materUppsala University
Known forPalynology
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, Botany, Palynology, Archaeology
InstitutionsUppsala University

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References
  1. "Sernander, Johan Rutger". Nordisk familjebok. 1917. p. 182.
  2. 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
  3. Jonsell, Bengt (2003–2006). "J Rutger Sernander". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 32. Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden. p. 65. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. IPNI.  Sern.
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