Tycho Tullberg

Tycho Fredrik Hugo Tullberg (born October 9, 1842 in Uppsala , † April 24, 1920 ) was a Swedish zoologist .

Life

Tullberg enrolled in Uppsala in 1863 as a student and obtained his PhD in philosophy ( filosfie doktor ) in 1869 , whereupon he became a lecturer in zoology two years later . In 1876 he received a provisional professorship at the Institute for Zoology and Zootomy within Uppsala University, which he co-founded . This interim position was converted into a recognized chair in 1879 , a position he held until 1907. At the same time he was from 1902 inspector for Linnés Hammarby .

As a relative of Carl von Linné , he wrote some literary works about the natural scientist and his family, such as family traditioner om Linné (1878) or Linnéportrait (1907). He also wrote popular science articles for various publications such as De menniskolika aporna (The humane monkeys, in Vetenskap för alla , 1878) or Djurriket (The animal kingdom, in Svenska biblioteket , 1885) as well as articles for the lexicon Nordisk familjebok .

Tullberg went on several study trips within Sweden and abroad, including spending 25 summers in Bohuslän .

Tullberg's grave is in the old cemetery in Uppsala ( Uppsala gamla kyrkogård ).

Works

Förteckning öfver svenska podurider (1871), lists a group of springtails , today's taxonomic classification unclear
Sveriges podurider beskrifna (1872)
Collembola borealia (1876), species description
Neomenia, a new genus of invertebrate animals, described (1875), a genus within the furrows
On the Byssus des Mytilus edulis (1877), morphology of a mussel
Studies of the construction and growth of the lobster shell and mollusc shells (1882)
Construction and development of the whales at Balænoptera sibbaldii (1883), description of the blue whale , here species name as a synonym
On the rodent system, a phylogenetic study (1899)
The labyrinth of fish, an organ for sensing water movement (1903)

Membership in student and scientific institutions

Inspector of the Student Nation Upland at Uppsala University, 1982-1907
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , from 1884
Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala , from 1885
Royal Physiographic Society in Lund , from 1896
Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhetssamhället i Göteborg , from 1903 (from 1911 honorary member)
Honorary Doctor of Medicine from Uppsala University, 1907
Chairman of the Swedish Linnaeus Society ( Svenska Linnésällskapet ) from its inception (1917) until Tullberg's death

literature

Tullberg, Tyko Fredrik Hugo . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 30 : Tromsdalstind – Urakami . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1920, Sp. 274 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Tullberg, Tycho
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tullberg, Tycho Fredrik Hugo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 9, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Uppsala
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1920