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Rutger Sernander

Swedish scientist (1866–1944) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rutger Sernander
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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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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]

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