Johan Wilhelm Dalman

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Johan Wilhelm Dalman

Johan Wilhelm Dalman (born November 4, 1787 at Gut Hinseberg, Västmanland , † July 12, 1828 ) was a Swedish doctor, professor and entomologist .

Life

Dalman received his basic training at the Kristiansfeld Institute in the Duchy of Schleswig . In 1803 he enrolled at Lund University and took his law exam two years later, intending to get a job in the Swedish Bergskollegium . Nourished by the lectures of Anders Jahan Retzius and Carl Fredrik Fallén as well as by his acquaintance with the entomologist Leonard Gyllenhaal , Dalman's interest in natural science was more strongly expressed. He changed the direction of study and received his doctorate in medicine in Uppsala in 1817 . The following year he became librarian and general manager at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . In 1819 he started teaching at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm . After he was admitted to the Academy of Sciences in 1821, he received the title of professor in 1824. In 1821 he was also elected a member of the Leopoldina Scholars' Academy . Shortly before his death, he took over the supervision of professorships in the fields of botany and natural history at his institute.

Dalman is honored by a large number of scientific names for organisms, primarily fossils , such as the genus Dalmanites of the trilobite order Phacopida . He dealt with the classification of trilobites and wrote a treatise on trilobites ( Om Palaeaderna, eller de så kallade Trilobiterna , 1827), which he called Palaederna, although the name trilobites had already established itself among other scientists at his time.

Selected Works

  • Analecta entomologica (1823)
  • Ephemerides entomologicæ (1824)
  • Om palæaderna eller de så kallade trilobiterna (1826, extension 1828)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Dalman, Johan Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish doctor and entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Hinseberg
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1828