Nils Carl Gustaf Fersen Gyldenstolpe (30 September 1886 – 10 April 1961) was a

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, and ornithologist. Born in the central Swedish province of

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, he visited Lapland from 1906 to 1909 and joined the expedition of Dr. Paul Rosenius to southern

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. He also visited

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in 1911–12 and the

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in 1914–15. He studied at

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and joined under Professor

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at the Department of

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s of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum in

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. He continued to work here throughout his life. In 1924 he obtained a

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from

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. The

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of the Tupana scythebill, ''Campylorhamphus procurvoides gyldenstolpei'', is named after him. Also, a

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lizard, ''

Isopachys gyldenstolpei ''Isopachys'' is a genus of skinks endemic to Asia. Geographic range Species in the genus ''Isopachys'' are found in Thailand and Myanmar.. Species There are four species in this genus: *'' Isopachys anguinoides'' - Thai snake skink, Heyer's ...

'', is named in his honor.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore:Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Gyldenstolpe", p. 112).

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Gyldenstolpe, N. (1916) Zoological results of the Swedish Zoological Expeditions to Siam 1911–1912 & 1914–1915
Swedish ornithologists Uppsala University alumni People from Jämtland 1886 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Swedish zoologists {{ornithologist-stub Nils Carl Gustaf Fersen