Adolph Modéer (15 April 173916 July 1799) was a

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surveyor, economic historian and naturalist.

Biography

Modéer was born at

Karlskrona, Sweden Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sw ...

. He became a student at

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Medical Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practi ...

Society at Stockholm and from 1786 a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. As a naturalist he was mainly interested in

malacology Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams ...

and

entomology Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

. He also worked on

jellyfish Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella- ...

. As an economic historian, he wrote on the history of Sweden's trade.

Selected works

* Någre märkvärdigheter hos insectet Cimex ovatus pallide-griseus, abdominis lateribus albo nigroque variis, alis albis, basi scutelli nigricante. - ''Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar'' 25 (1-3): 41-47, Tab. II 2 Stockholm. (1764). * ''Bibliotheca helminthologica, seu Enumeratio auctorum qui de vermibus scilicet eryptozois, gymnodelis, testaceis atque phytozoois tam vivis quam petrificatis scripserunt edita ab Adolpho Modeer'' (J.J. Palmium, Erlangen, 1786). * Styng-Flug-Slägtet (Oestrus). - ''Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar'' 7 (4-6, 7-9): 125-158, 180-185. Stockholm (1786). * Slägtet Pipmask, Tubipora. - ''Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar'' 9 (7-9): 219-239, 241-251, Tab. VII 7 Stockholm (1788). * Om Slägtet Trumpetmask, Triton. - ''Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar'' 10 (1-3): 52-56, Tab. II 2 Stockholm (1789).

References

1739 births 1799 deaths People from Karlskrona Lund University alumni Swedish economists Swedish entomologists Swedish malacologists Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{Sweden-economist-stub