Fredrik Adam Smitt, (9 May 1839 in

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– 19 February 1904 in

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), was a Swedish

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Biography

Smitt studied in

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and

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where he received his doctorate in 1863. In 1861 and 1868 He participated in the Swedish expeditions to

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. In 1871 he was appointed professor at the

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, where he was in charge of the Department of Vertebrates. From 1879 he also taught zoology at

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. Smitt produced both popular works and many scientific papers. Besides his scientific work, Smitt also championed the modernization of the techniques herring fisheries.

Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Fredrik Adam Smitt

Selected works

*Ur högre djurens utvecklingshistoria (1876) *Ryggradsdjurens geologiska utveckling och slägtskapsförhållanden (1882) *Kritisk förteckning öfver i Riksmuseum befintliga salmonider (1886) *Skandinaviens fiskar, revised edition (1892) *A history of Scandinavian fishes (1892)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smitt, Fredrik Adam Swedish ichthyologists 19th-century Swedish zoologists 1839 births 1904 deaths Stockholm University faculty