Grave of swedish professor Anders Gustaf Dahlbom lund sweden

Anders Gustaf Dahlbom (3 March 1806 – 3 May 1859) was a

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entomologist. Dahlbom was born in Härberga parish in

Östergötland County Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the ...

, son of a military surgeon. He matriculated at

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion filosofie magister A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

degree in 1829, became a

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of natural history in 1830, acting adjunct of entomology in 1841, adjunct in 1843 and keeper of the Entomological collections and professor extraordinary in 1857. Supported by public funds, he made several research journeys, especially to northern Sweden and the mountain regions, where he first accompanied his teacher, the dipterologist

Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera. Biography Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He rec ...

, as well as to other parts of the country and abroad, and published his observations in various works, most important of which is ''Hymenoptera europaea praecipue borealia'' (1843–1853), a foundational work on the hymenoptera. He also published ''Kort underrättelse om skandinaviska insekters allmänna skada och nytta i hushållningen'', the first Swedish handbook of practical entomology.

References

Nordisk familjebok, 2nd ed., vol. 5 (1906)
*Alb. Tullgren in ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', vol. 9, pp. 633-637. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahlbom, Anders Gustaf 1806 births 1859 deaths Swedish entomologists Hymenopterists Swedish zoologists