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Axel Leonard Jägerskiöld
Axel Krister Edward Leonard Jägerskiöld (November 12, 1867 – August 4, 1945) was a Finland-born Swedish zoologist. He collected specimens across Scandinavia despite problems in vision and hearing and was a curator at the Gothenburg museum. His early work was on nematodes but later worked on birds and marine biology. Life and work Jägerskiöld was born on Mejlan estate in Finland, Nyland county where his father Gustaf Magnus Leonard (1831–71) was a captain in the Russian navy. After the death of his father, he moved to Stockholm when his mother Johanna Vilhelmina Augusta married her cousin A. H. Ramsay. Baron Gustaf Mannerheim was a distant cousin. He studied at Stockholm and because of poor health, outdoor activities were recommended. He became interested in hunting, sailing and long walks where he was inspired to study nature by his teacher Alexander Skånberg and his cousin professor Christian Loven. He moved to Uppsala with his mother who was widowed again and joined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Axel Jägerskiöld GNM4251-001
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin ''Leo,'' and the suffix ''hardu'' ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners. Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic ''O'Leannain'' also found as O'Leonard, but often was anglicised to just Leonard, consisting of the prefix ''O'' ("descendant of") and the suffix ''Leannan'' ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany. Variations The name has variants in other languages: * Anard/Nardu/Lewnardu/Leunardu (Maltese) * Leen, Leendert, Lenard (Dutch) * Lehnertz, Lehnert (Luxembourgish) * Len (Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
