Sven Nilsson (zoologist)

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Sven Nilsson

Sven Nilsson (8 March 1787 – 30 November 1883) was a

archaeologist
.

Life and work

Nilsson was director of the

Natural History at Lund University from 1832 to 1856, and rector of Lund University from 1845 to 1846.[1]

Nilsson was a prolific author, publishing large works on different groups of the fauna of Scandinavia. He worked as a field archaeologist and introduced ethnographic perspectives in archaeology. He was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1821.[1]

Nilsson corresponded with

History of British Birds (1843). For example, Yarrell records Nilsson as saying "it infests every house", referring to the house sparrow.[2]

He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1869.[3]

Legacy

Books by Nilsson

  • De variis mammalia disponendi modis (1812)
  • Ornithologia suecica (1817-1821)
  • Prodromus ichthyologiae scandinavicae (1832)
  • Observationes ichthyologicae (1835)
  • Skandinavisk fauna (1820-1853)
  • Historia molluscorum Sueciae (1823)
  • Petrificata suecana (1827)
  • Illuminerade figurer till skandinavisk fauna (1832-1840)
  • Prodromus ichthyologiae (1832)
  • Skandinaviska Nordens Ur-invånare (1838-1843, 2nd ed. 1866) - Sven Nilsson describes four stages of culture transition: 1. Hunting and Fishing 2. Pastoralism 3. Agriculture 4. Civilization
  • Die Ureinwohner des skandinavischen Nordens (1863-1868)
  • The Primitive Inhabitants of Scandinavia: An Essay on Comparative Ethnography (3rd ed. 1868)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Chambers' Encyclopedia Volume 10 page 43
  2. ^ Yarrell, William (1843). History of British Birds. John Van Voorst. pp. passim, Volume 1, p. 477 (for House Sparrow).
  3. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  4. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . ("Nilsson", p. 191).

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