Carl Gustaf Thomson
Carl Gustaf Thomson , also Karl, (born October 13, 1824 in the parish of Mellan-Grevie, Malmöhus län ; † September 20, 1899 in Lund ) was a Swedish entomologist .
Life
Thomson studied from 1843 at the University of Lund with a master's degree in 1850 and was there in 1857 lecturer in zoology and later professor. In 1862 he became curator for entomology at the Zoological Museum in Lund and in 1864 adjunct for entomology. In 1872 he traveled through Europe on a government grant to study collections. In Berlin in 1877 he was offered the management of the entomology department at the Natural History Museum, which he refused.
In addition to insects in Scandinavia, on whose beetles and hymenoptera he wrote monographs, he also examined, for example, the insects of the Swedish round-the-world expedition on the HMS Eugenie. He named some insect taxa, for example scarab species, and he founded the family Trachypachidae .
In 1861 he became a member of the Royal Physiographical Society in Lund . He was an honorary member of the entomological societies in Berlin, Brussels, London, Paris and Saint Petersburg. Most of his insect collection is in Lund, but some of it is scattered.
As a hobby he played the flute in Swedish folk music.
Fonts
- Coleoptera Scandinaviae. 10 volumes, 1859 to 1868 (selection, archive.org ).
- Scandinavia's insecter. Lund 1862 ( archive.org ), new edition 1885.
- Scandinavia Hymenoptera. 5 volumes 1871 to 1879.
- Opucsula Entomologica. 22 volumes, 1869 to 1897 (volumes 1–4, archive.org , volumes 5–8, archive.org , volumes 9–15, archive.org , volumes 16–22, archive.org ).
literature
- Thomson, Karl Gustaf . In: John Rosén (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 16 : Teniers – Üxkull . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1892, Sp. 198-199 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Thomson, Carl Gustaf . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 612 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- S. Bengtsson: Thomson, Karl (Carl) Gustaf . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 28 : Syrten-vikarna – Tidsbestämning . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1919, Sp. 1154 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Straka zu Thomson as folk musician In: Runtenom. No. 3, 2009 (PDF; 5.4 MB; Swedish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomson, Carl Gustaf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomson, Karl Gustaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parish Mellan-Grevie, Malmöhus County |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 1899 |
| Place of death | Lund |