Johan Rutger Sernander | |
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![]() Rutger Sernander | |
Born | 2 November 1866 Viby, Närke, Sweden |
Died | 27 October 1944 Uppsala, Sweden | (aged 77)
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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