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Hampus Wilhelm Arnell (2 August 1848 in 
In 1875, he became a
(biography and bibliography) His botanical studies included trips throughout most of Sweden, to northern
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Härnösand
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– 1932 in Uppsala
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) was a Swedish bryologist. He was the father of hepaticologist Sigfrid Vilhelm Arnell Sigfrid Vilhelm Arnell, also sometimes Sigfrid Wilhelm Arnell (1895 in Gävle – 1970), was a Swedish medical practitioner and hepaticologist. He was the son of bryologist Hampus Wilhelm Arnell (1848–1932).
After finishing his education i ...
(1895–1970).
In 1875, he became a privat-docent
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of botany
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at the University of Uppsala
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, later working as a schoolteacher in Umeå
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Situated on the Ume River, Ume ...
and Harnosand. In 1880 he became an associate professor of natural history and chemistry
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in Jönköping
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. He later taught classes in Gävle
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(from 1894) and Uppsala (from 1901).Riksarkivet(biography and bibliography) His botanical studies included trips throughout most of Sweden, to northern
Norway
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(1869, 1870 and 1891) and to the lower Yenisei
The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat language, Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan language, Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas language, K ...
valley in Siberia
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(1876). From 1873 onward, he performed phenological
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Examples include the date of emergence of leaves ...
research in various parts of Sweden.
The liverwort
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genera '' Arnellia'' Lindb. and ''Arnelliella'' C. Massal. commemorate his name.
Selected works
* ''De skandinaviska löfmossornas kalendarium'', 1875. * ''Om vegetationes utveckling i Sverige åren 1873-75'', 1878. * ''Lebermoosstudien im nördlichen Norwegen'', 1892. * ''Die Moose des Sarekgebietes'', 1907. * ''Vegetationens årliga utvecklingsgång i Svealand'', 1923. * ''Mossor : a. levermossor'', 1928.published works
References
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