Sven Petrus Ekman (31 May 1876, Uppsala – 2 February 1964, Uppsala) was a Swedish zoologist, biogeographer, zoogeographer, and

limnologist Limnology ( ; from Greek λίμνη, ''limne'', "lake" and λόγος, ''logos'', "knowledge") is the study of inland aquatic ecosystems. The study of limnology includes aspects of the biological, chemical, physical, and geological characteristi ...

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: Svensk biografisk handbok 1953'', ed. Stina Svensson, P A Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Stockholm 1953 p. 263 known for the Ekman grab sampler. Ekman was the son of the Lutheran pastor Fredrik Ekman and Sofia Ekman, ''née'' Svensson. He enrolled at

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where he received a baccalaureate degree in 1899, a licentiate in 1903, and a

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in 1904. He was a lecturer in zoology at Uppsala University from 1904 to 1909 and again from 1916 to 1927. In the intervening years, he taught biology and chemistry at a secondary school in

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from 1909 to 1916. In 1927 he became professor of zoology at Uppsala University; he retired in 1941 as professor emeritus. In 1937 he was elected to the

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, and in 1939 to the

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. Ekman rewrote his 1935 German-language book ''Tiergeographie des Meeres'' in Swedish and had it translated into English with the title ''Zoogeography of the Sea'' (1953). He received the

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in 1953 for ''Zoogeography of the Sea''. The Russian marine scientist, A. I. Kafanov (2006) wrote about the contributions of "Sven Ekman on the 130th anniversary of his birth in the Russian Journal of Marine Biology, especially biogeography and a passage from that article is quoted here: Ekman was from 1905 married to Frida Bengtsson (1881–1961). They are buried at Uppsala old cemetery.SvenskaGravar
/ref> Their son was the artist Erik Ekman (1906–1986).

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Sven Ekman at LIBRIS
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ekman, Sven P. Swedish zoologists Biogeographers Swedish limnologists Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund 1876 births 1964 deaths Burials at Uppsala old cemetery

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