Axel Leonard Melander
Axel Leonard Melander | |
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| Born | June 3, 1878 |
| Died | August 14, 1962 (aged 84) |
| Education | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Entomology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | A monograph of the Empididæ of North America (1902) |
Axel Leonard Melander (3 June 1878 – 14 August 1962)[1] was an American entomologist specialising in Diptera and Hymenoptera.[2] Specimens collected by Melander are held at the German Entomological Institute and the National Museum of Natural History.[3]
Educational career
He received his BS degree in 1901[4] and his MS degree on 11 June 1902[5] from the University of Texas at Austin and his ScD degree from Harvard University in 1914.[4] His master's thesis was titled, "A monograph of the Empididæ of North America."[5] He was a professor at Washington State University and retired as the chairman of the biology department of the City College of New York in 1943 after joining the faculty there on his graduation from Harvard in 1914.[6]
References
- ^ "AXEL MELANDER, ENTOMOLOGIST, 84; Retired Chairman of Biology Dept. at City College Dies". The New York Times. Riverside, California (published August 15, 1962). August 14, 1962. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ Bradley, J. Chester (1959). "The Influence of the American Entomological Society upon the Study of Hymenoptera". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 85 (4): 277–301. ISSN 0002-8320. JSTOR 25077786.
- ^ "Axel Leonard Melander". bionomia.net. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ a b Abdoun, Hany. "Axel Leonard Melander". California Academy of Sciences. p. 31. Archived from the original on March 21, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ a b "Final Exercises of Three of Austin's Institutions of Learning". Austin American-Statesman. June 12, 1902. p. 2. ISSN 1553-8451. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Written at Pullman, Washington. "Professor Retiring". The Spokesman-Review. Vol. 61, no. 25. Spokane (published June 8, 1943). June 7, 1943. p. 9. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.