Sigfrid Vilhelm Arnell, also sometimes Sigfrid Wilhelm Arnell (1895 in

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– 1970), was a Swedish medical practitioner and hepaticologist. He was the son of bryologist Hampus Wilhelm Arnell (1848–1932). After finishing his education in

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and

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, he worked at the hospital in Gävle, where he was director of its roentgenological department from 1927 up until retirement in 1960. Following retirement he resided in

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, and in 1963, relocated to Uppsala. In his later years, he suffered from

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and was plagued by failing eyesight.JSTOR Global Plants
Arnell, Sigfrid (Sigrid) Wilhelm (1895-1970) In 1951 he was made an honorary member of the British Bryological Society. As a botanical collector, his travels included trips to

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(1956), the

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(1958, 1959), northern Sweden (1960) and

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(1961). He was the author of 79 scientific works.

Works by Arnell that have been published in English

* Illustrated moss flora of Fennoscandia, I: Hepataceae, 1956. * Hepaticae collected by O. Hedberg et al. on the East African Mountains, 1956. * Hepatics from Tristan da Cunha, 1958. * A contribution to the knowledge of the bryophyte flora of W. Spitsbergen, and Kongsfjorden (King's Bay, 79°N.) in particular. (with Olle Mårtensson), 1959. * Hepaticae of South Africa. (National government publication), 1963.OCLC WorldCat
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnell, Sigfrid Vilhelm 1895 births 1970 deaths People from Gävle Swedish bryologists 20th-century Swedish botanists