Åke Gustafsson
Karl Åke Torsten Gustafsson (1908–1988) was a Swedish botanist and geneticist, who was also known as an essayist and poet. He was professor at the Statens Skogsforskningsinstitut (the Swedish Institute for Forest Research) 1947–1968 and at Lund University 1968–1974. In 1949 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and in 1966 a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Also recorded as Å.Gust. · Carl Åke Torsten Gustafsson
Åke Gustafsson
- Born
- 1908 · Stockholm.
- Died
- 1988 · Lund.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- botanist · university teacher · geneticist · poet · forestry scientist
- Education
- Lund University
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Åke Gustafsson appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a botanist, “Genetiker” and “Forstwissenschaftler” (8 April 1908 – 14 November 1988).
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Åke Gustafsson was born in Stockholm (8 April 1908) and died in Lund (14 November 1988).
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He was employed by Lund University and State Forest Research Institute (Sweden). He belonged to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and National Academy of Sciences.
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1908
Åke Gustafsson born at Stockholm.
1988
Åke Gustafsson died at Lund.
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