Gustaf Kolthoff
Gustaf Isak Kolthoff (born December 14, 1845 in the parish of Sandhem, Västergötland , † October 25, 1913 in Stockholm or Börje församling in Uppsala län ) was a Swedish ornithologist and explorer.
Life
Kolthoff was the son of Johan Henrik Kolthoff and his wife Sara Gustafva (née Friberger). In 1878 he became a curator at the Zoological Museum at Uppsala University . In 1893, together with Bruno Liljefors and Carl Bovallius (1844–1907), he founded the Biological Museum in the Stockholm district of Djurgården . Kolthoff was also a leader or participant in various research trips such as 1872 to Iceland and the Faroe Islands , 1883 with Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld to Greenland , 1887 to the Norwegian Arctic Coast and in 1898 under Alfred Gabriel Nathorst to Spitzbergen . In 1900 he led his own zoological expedition to Spitzbergen and northeastern Greenland.
Kolthoff received an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University on the occasion of the Linné Celebration in 1907 .
He was married to Beata Charlotte Lovisa (née Lind af Hageby, 1833-1916) since October 4, 1870. He found his final resting place on the south wall of the Börje temple.
Fonts (selection)
- North of Fåglar. (1895–99, together with LA Jägerskiöld).
- Vårt villebråd. 1896.
- Minnen från mina vandringar i naturen. 1897.
- For the autumn migration of the Nordic marsh birds. 1897.
- Ur djurens liv. two parts, 1899–1901.
- Till Spetsbergen och Nordöstra Greenland, år 1900. 1901.
- Bidrag till kännedom om polar tracternas däggdjur och fåglar. 1903.
- Om förändringar i svenksa fågelfaunan i det förflutna halvseklet. 1907.
- Från när och fjärran. 1911.
- Djur och blommor. 1912.
- Hågkomster från ett jägarliv. 1979, collected articles from the journal of the Swedish Hunters Association 1894–1913, posthumously.
literature
- Kolthoff, Gustaf Isak . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 605-606 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Kolthoff, Gustaf Isak . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 14 : Kikarskten – Kroman . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1911, Sp. 612 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- LA Jägerskiöld: Gustaf Kolthoff. Forskaren, medarbetaren och vännen . In: Sven Thulin (Ed.): Bland professorer och studenter; uppsalaminnen advising gamla students and andra. Lindblads, Uppsala 1938, pp. 46-73 ( runeberg.org obituary).
- Yngve Löwegren: Gustaf I. Kolthoff. In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Volume 21: Katarina – Königsmarck. Bonnier, Stockholm 1977, p. 483 ( sok.riksarkivet.se ).
Web archive
- Writings by Kolthoff, Gustaf in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kolthoff, GI In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (Eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 36 : Supplement: Globe – Kövess . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1924, Sp. 1102 (Swedish, runeberg.org - dog 25 oct. 1913 in Stockholm).
- ↑ Gabriel Anrep, Adam Lewenhaupt: Adel. atten Lind af Hageby, N: o 212. - Beata Charlotte Lovisa. In: Sveriges Ridderskaps och Adels Kalender för år 1898. Volume 21, Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm 1897, p. 606 ( runeberg.org )
- ↑ LA Jägerskiöld: Gustaf Kolthoff. Forskaren, medarbetaren och vännen . In: Sven Thulin (Ed.): Bland professorer och studenter; uppsalaminnen advising gamla students and andra. Lindblads, Uppsala 1938, pp. 73 ( runeberg.org - obituary).
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SURNAME | Kolthoff, Gustaf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kolthoff, Gustaf Isak (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ornithologist and explorer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1845 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sandhem, Västergötland |
DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1913 |
Place of death | Uppsala län |