Knut Fægri
Knut Fægri (born July 17, 1909 in Bergen , † December 10, 2001 ) was a Norwegian botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Faegri ".
Life
He received his doctorate in 1934 for studies on the vegetation of the moraines on Nigardsbreen in Jostedalen . With this work he laid the foundation for lichenometry .
Together with Johannes Iversen , he continued Lennart von Post's ideas and related pollen finds to plant geography, climate changes and human influences. He also worked with Leendert van der Pijl on the ecology of pollen.
Fægri produced around 550 publications. Many of them appeared in the popular scientific journal Naturen , of which he was editor from 1947 to 1978.
Works
- K. Fægri & J. Iversen: Textbook of pollen analysis. 1950.
- K. Fægri & L. van der Pijl: The principles of Pollination Ecology. Pergamon Press, Oxford 1966.
literature
- Per M. Jørgensen: Knut Fægri (1909-2001), the inextinguishable. In: Taxon 52, No. 2, 2002. P. 391 f.
- Dagfinn Moe: Professor dr. philos, dr. hc Knut Fægri snr. July 17, 1909 - December 10, 2001 (PDF; 172 kB). In: Blyttia 60, No. 1, 2002, pp. 2-4.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Knut Fægri at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ A list of publications can be found as an appendix to Dagfinn Moe's obituary Professor dr. philos, dr. hc Knut Fægri snr. 07/17/1909 - 12/10/2001 in the magazine Blyttia .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fægri, Knut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mountains |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 2001 |