Thiodolf Saelan

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Thiodolf Saelan
Thiodolf Saelan in the 1870s
Born(1834-11-20)20 November 1834
Lappeenranta
Died24 June 1921(1921-06-24) (aged 86)
Helsinki
NationalityFinnish
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Medicine
Author abbrev. (botany)Saelán

Anders Thiodolf Saelan (Sælan) (born 20 November 1834 in

mental health care during his decades as chief physician of Lapinlahti Psychiatric Hospital in Helsinki.[2]

Life and career

Saelan's parents were Anders Johan Saelan (1795–1841), pastor of

Bachelor of Medicine in 1859 and a licentiate and Doctor of Medicine and Surgery in 1865. He later became a Master of Joy (Riemumaisteri, an honorary degree awarded to those working for 50 years since receiving a master's degree) and Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in 1907 and a Doctor of Joy in 1917.[3]

Saelan was an

mental health care.[5][3]

Botanical work

Saelan's other field was botany, where he was also one of the most important Finnish researchers of his time.

fungi.[6]

The moss genus Saelania is named in honour of Thiodolf Saelan.[10]

Personal

Thiodolf Saelan was married in 1873 to Naema Lovisa Vivika von Knorring (1850–1920). They had four children: Gertrud Maria (1875–1911), Karl Thorvald (1878–1959), Eva Johanna Paersch (1883–1966), and Sigyn Naemi Lindberg (1888–1965). Karl Saelan was the technical director of the Kaukas pulp mill [fi].[3]

Selected works

  • Lönnrot, Elias; Saelan, Thiodolf (1866). Flora Fennica: Suomen kasvio. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran kirjapainossa.
  • Bomansson, J. O.; Saelan, Thiodolf (1889). Herbarium Musei Fennici: enumeratio plantarum Musei Fennici / quam edidit Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki: Ex officina typographica H.J. Simelii.
    doi:10.5962/bhl.title.40897
    .
  • Saelan, Thiodolf; Blomstedt, Väinö (1907). Finlands förnämsta ätliga och giftiga svampar [Finland's foremost edible and poisonous mushrooms]. Helsinki: Otava.
    OCLC 58263074
    .
  • Saelan, Thiodolf (1916). Finlands botaniska litteratur till och med år 1900 [Finnish botanical literature up to and including 1900] (PDF). Acta Societatis pro fauna et flora Fennica (in Swedish). Vol. 43. Helsinki. pp. 1–633.
    ISSN 0373-6660.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  • Achté, Kalle, ed. (1981). Professori A. Th. Saelanin muistikirjat osat 1–2 [Professor A. Th. Saelan Notebooks Parts 1–2]. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopistollinen keskussairaalaliitto, Psykiatrian klinikka (Helsinki University Central Hospital Association, Psychiatric clinic).

The standard author abbreviation Saelán is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[11]

References

  1. Nordisk Familjebok. Stockholm. p. 157.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  2. ISBN 9789510220443
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  3. ^ a b c Kotivuori, Yrjö. "Anders Tiodolf Saelan. Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1640–1852" [Anders Tiodolf Saelan. Student Matriculation 1640–1852]. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. ISBN 978-952-62-0445-1
    .
  5. ^
    OCLC 832620420
    .
  6. ^ a b Collander 1965, p. 60.
  7. ^ Sommar, Heidi (27 September 2016). "Lapinlahden sairaala – hourujen hoidosta psyyken parantamiseen" [Lapinlahti Hospital – from the treatment of hernias to the improvement of the psyche] (in Finnish). yle. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  8. Museovirasto
    (Finnish Heritage Agenvy). 22 December 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  9. ^ Collander 1965, p. 26.
  10. ^ "Saelania Lindb". World Flora Online. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  11. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Saelán.

Cited literature

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