Nils Johan Teodor Odhner (February 25, 1879 – October 29, 1928)[2] was a Swedish zoologist. Odhner was born in Lund, Sweden.[3] He was the son of the historian and archivist Clas Theodor Odhner[4] and the father of the agronomist Clas-Erik Odhner.

Teodor Odhner
Born(1879-02-25)February 25, 1879
DiedOctober 29, 1928(1928-10-29) (aged 49)
Burial placeNorthern Cemetery, Solna, Sweden[1]
NationalitySwedish
OccupationZoologist
ChildrenClas-Erik Odhner
Parents

Odhner became an associate professor of zoology at Uppsala University in 1905,[4] a professor of zoology at the University of Oslo in 1914, a professor and curator of the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm in the invertebrate department in 1918,[5] and also director of the Stockholm Workers' Institute (Stockholms arbetareinstitut) in 1922.[3][5]

Odhner participated in Gustaf Kolthoff's zoological expeditions to Svalbard and eastern Greenland in 1900, and in Leonard Jägerskiöld expedition to the White Nile in 1901.[3][5] He also conducted zoological studies at the stations in Trieste and Naples.[5] He made several contributions to the literature on the anatomy and classification of the flukes, and in 1925 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,[5] where he served as vice secretary from 1923 to 1928.

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  • 1905: "Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes" (The Trematoda of the Arctic Region). Fauna Arctica 4: 289–372.
  • 1907: "Zur Anatomie der Didymozoen: ein getrenntgeschlechtlicher Trematode mit rudimentarem Hermaphroditismus" (The Anatomy of the Didymozooidea: A Gender-Specific Trematode with Rudimentary Hermaphroditism). In: Zoologiska studier tillägnade professor T. Tullberg på hans 65-års dag, pp. 309–342. Uppsala: Naturvetenskapliga studentsallskapet i Uppsala.
  • 1910: Nordostafrikanische Trematoden: grösstenteils vom Weissen Nil (von der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition gesammelt) (Northeast African Trematoda: Mostly from the White Nile, Collected by the Swedish Zoological Expedition). Uppsala: K.W. Appelbergs Boktryckeri.
  • 1912: "Zum natürlichen System der digenen Trematoden" (The Natural System of the Digene Trematoda). Zoologischer Anzeiger 41: 54–71.
  • 1923: "Marine Crustacea Podophthalmata aus Angola und Südafrika gesammelt von H. Skoog 1912" (Marine Crustacea Podophthalmata from Angola and South Africa Collected by Hilmer Skoog in 1912). Göteborgs kungl. vetenskaps-och vitterhets-samhälles handlingar 27: 1–39.
  • 1925: Monographierte Gattungen der Krabbenfamilie Xanthidae (Monographed Genera of the Crab Family Xanthidae). Göteborg: Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag.

References

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  1. ^ "Odhner, Nils Johan Teodor". Svenska gravar. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Gertz, Otto (1940). Kungl. fysiografiska sällskapet i Lund, 1772-1940: historisk överblick och personförteckningar. Lund: Håkan Ohlssons boktryckeri. p. 184.
  3. ^ a b c Natvig, Leif Reinhardt (1930). "Teodor Odhner" (PDF). Norsk Entomologisk Tidsskrift. 2: 305–307. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Nordisk Familjebok: Konversationslexikon och Realencyklopedi. Volume 20: Norrsken–Paprocki. Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlags aktiebolag. 1914. p. 492. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e Nordisk Familjebok: Konversationslexikon och Realencyklopedi. Volume 37: Supplement. L–Riksdag. Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlags aktiebolag. 1925. pp. 889–890. Retrieved October 29, 2019.