Knut Dahl
Early years
Dahl grew up at Hakadal in
big game hunting as well as the collection of scientific specimens.[3]
Travels in Australia
In March 1894 he left Port Natal (
From Darwin Dahl and Holm went to the
banded fruit-dove, and the hooded parrot, all described by R. Collett in 1898 in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.[3]
After a visit to Batavia and Singapore Dahl and Holm returned to Western Australia where they collected in the vicinity of Roebuck Bay. They finally departed Australia in March 1896, arriving back in Norway on 4 May.[3]
Later life
In 1898, he was appointed as a research fellow at the
References
Notes
- ^ "Knut Dahl". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ Sommer (1952).
- ^ a b c d e D.J.D. (1951).
- ^ Tor Ivar Hansen. "Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ Ole Johan Østvedt. "Knut Dahl". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
Further reading
- Dahl, Knut (1926). In Savage Australia. An account of a Hunting and Collecting Expedition to Arnhem Land and Dampier Land. London: Philip Allan & Co.
Other Sources
- D.J.D. (Dudley J. Dickison) (1951). "Obituary: Knut Dahl". doi:10.1071/MU951178.
- Sommer, S. (1952). "Knut Dahl 1871-1951". Journal du Conseil. 18 (2): 101–103. .
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