Sven Magnus Aurivillius
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Sven Magnus Aurivillius was a Swedish
zoologist
born 12 August 1892 in Stockholm
and died 4 March 1928 in Mörby.
He was the director of the centre for marine zoology in Kristineberg
in 1923 but left prematurely, just before the publishing of his thesis on Japan
ese sea fan
s. He was the eighth generation of his family to be a doctor at the University of Uppsala. His father was the entomologist Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
(1853-1928) and his uncle was the zoologist Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854-1899).
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
zoologist
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
born 12 August 1892 in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
and died 4 March 1928 in Mörby.
He was the director of the centre for marine zoology in Kristineberg
Kristineberg
Kristineberg is a residential area of Kungsholmen, Stockholm. The land was bought by the city in 1920. Before that it was owned by Kristineberg Palace.Kristineberg metro station is an outdoor station and was opened on 26 October 1952....
in 1923 but left prematurely, just before the publishing of his thesis on Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese sea fan
Sea fan
A gorgonian, also known as sea whip or sea fan, is an order of sessile colonial cnidarian found throughout the oceans of the world, especially in the tropics and subtropics. Gorgonians are similar to the sea pen, another soft coral. Individual tiny polyps form colonies that are normally erect,...
s. He was the eighth generation of his family to be a doctor at the University of Uppsala. His father was the entomologist Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius was a Swedish entomologist.Aurivillius was born at Forsa. He was the Director of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and he specialised in Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. He was, for a long time, the Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science...
(1853-1928) and his uncle was the zoologist Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854-1899).