Carl Jørgen Wesenberg-Lund (December 22, 1867 in

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- November 12, 1955), D.Phil, professor of

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1922-1939 at the

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, was a Danish

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

and

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ecologist Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. Ecology overlaps with the closely re ...

. He was a pioneer in Danish

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early in the 20th century. He was a member of the

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from 1918. He was a member of many foreign academies and

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, e.g. honorary fellow of the

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in London, corresponding member of the

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and of the

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in London. He became

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in 1932 and Commander 1st Degree of the

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References

* Sand-Jensen, Kaj (2003) Den sidste naturhistoriker - Naturforkæmperen og videnskabsmanden Carl Wesenberg-Lund. Gad,

, 240 p. (in Danish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wesenberg-Lund, Carl 1867 births 1955 deaths Danish zoologists Danish scientists Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen alumni Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala Freshwater ecologists