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Evert Julius Bonsdorff
Evert Julius Bonsdorff (24 September 1810 – 30 July 1898) was a Finnish physician and professor of anatomy and physiology who worked on comparative anatomy. He also described many species of insects from Finland. Life and work Bonsdorff was born in Åbo in a family of German origin. The family claimed origins in Lüneburg and had moved to Uleäborg during the reign of Queen Kristina. His father Johan Bonsdorff was a professor of Greek at the University of Helsinki married to Erika Emerentia Wasz. A grand uncle Jakob had been a professor of Lutheran theology while another uncle Gabriel who was a professor of natural history and veterinary science had been ennobled as von Bonsdorff. After private home tuitions from his father and from a few others like Johan Jakob Nervander he joined the university at the age of fifteen where he studied physics under Gustaf Gabriel Hällström and chemistry from a cousin Pehr Adolf von Bonsdorff. He studied natural history under C. R. Sahlber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E J Bonsdorff
E, or e, is the fifth Letter (alphabet), letter and the second vowel#Written vowels, vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''e'' (pronounced ); plural ''ees'', ''Es'' or ''E's''. It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including Czech language, Czech, Danish language, Danish, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, French language, French, German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Latin language, Latin, Latvian language, Latvian, Norwegian language, Norwegian, Spanish language, Spanish, and Swedish language, Swedish. History The Latin letter 'E' differs little from its source, the Greek alphabet, Greek letter epsilon, 'Ε'. This in turn comes from the Semitic alphabet, Semitic letter ''He (letter), hê'', which has been suggested to have started as a praying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
