Douglas Edvard Melin (4 October 1895 – 29 March 1946) was a Swedish zoologist and

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. He was the nephew of Olof Melin.

Athletic career

He competed in the men's standing long jump at the

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. He was also an avid boxer.

Scientific career

Melin was an all-sided zoologist who got his education at the

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and spent his career there. In 1923–26 he led an expedition to Brazil and Peru, which resulted in a large number of zoological specimens as well as ethnographic and cartographic observations. Melin was skeptical about Darwin's theories, which led to his isolation as a scientist.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melin, Douglas 1895 births 1946 deaths Swedish zoologists Swedish entomologists Swedish herpetologists Swedish male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes from Gothenburg Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics