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Jakob Sparre Schneider

Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider (born February 11, 1853 in Åsnes , Hedmark , Norway , † July 27, 1918 ) was a Norwegian zoologist and entomologist . He has made a great contribution to his research into the insect fauna in Northern Norway.

Schneider was the son of Andreas Schneider (1818–1861) and Marie Lovise Jørgine Sparre (1824–1902). He grew up in the Solør region. After their father died, he and his sister grew up with their grandfather in Bergen . He visited the mountains katedralskole and graduated in 1871. He then began studying medicine at the University of Oslo . In 1873 he switched to zoology, botany and geology. In 1874 he received a grant to research insect life in Bergenhus amt (now Hordaland) and from 1876 in Nedenes and Modum .

He became the first conservator at the Tromsø Museum . He held this position for 41 years until his death. He was a member of the Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab in Stockholm and the entomological societies in Leiden and Frankfurt . In 1904 he became a first class knight in the Order of Saint Olav . Schneiderberget Mountain on Edgeøya Island in Svalbard is named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider . In: Store norske leksikon . February 26, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed June 14, 2020]).
  2. ^ Schneider, Hans Jakob Sparre . Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Preben S. Ottesen: Jacob Sparre Schneider . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . February 25, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed June 14, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Schneiderberget (Svalbard) . Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved September 5, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Jacob Sparre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Hans Jacob Sparre (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian zoologist and entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Åsnes , Hedmark , Norway
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1918