Karl Åke Torsten Gustafsson (1908–1988) was a Swedish

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and

geneticist A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a scientist or a lecturer. Geneticists may perform general research on genetic process ...

, who was also known as an essayist and poet. He was professor at the (the Swedish Institute for Forest Research) 1947–1968 and at

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

1968–1974. In 1949 he was elected a member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (), formerly the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture (), founded in 1813 at the initiative of Crown Prince Charles, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. Initially the academy had a functi ...

and in 1966 a member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...

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1908 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Swedish botanists Swedish geneticists Academic staff of Lund University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences {{Sweden-botanist-stub