Sven P. Ekman Explained

Sven Petrus Ekman (31 May 1876, Uppsala^[1] – 2 February 1964, Uppsala) was a Swedish zoologist, biogeographer, zoogeographer, and limnologist,^{[2] [3]} known for the Ekman grab sampler.^{[4] [5]}

Ekman was the son of the Lutheran pastor Fredrik Ekman and Sofia Ekman, née Svensson. He enrolled at Uppsala University where he received a baccalaureate degree in 1899, a licentiate in 1903, and a doctorate in 1904.^[6] He was a lecturer in zoology at Uppsala University from 1904 to 1909 and again from 1916 to 1927. In the intervening years, he taught biology and chemistry at a secondary school in Jönköping from 1909 to 1916. In 1927 he became professor of zoology at Uppsala University; he retired in 1941 as professor emeritus. In 1937 he was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and in 1939 to the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund.^[3]

Ekman rewrote his 1935 German-language book Tiergeographie des Meeres in Swedish and had it translated into English with the title Zoogeography of the Sea (1953).^{[7] [8] [9]} He received the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal in 1953^[10] for Zoogeography of the Sea.

The Russian marine scientist, A. I. Kafanov (2006) wrote about the contributions of "Sven Ekman on the 130th anniversary of his birth in the Russian Journal of Marine Biology, especially biogeography and a passage from that article is quoted here:

Ekman was from 1905 married to Frida Bengtsson (1881–1961). They are buried at Uppsala old cemetery.^[11] Their son was the artist Erik Ekman (1906–1986).

See also

• Van Veen Grab Sampler

References

External links

• Sven Ekman at LIBRIS

Notes and References

1. Sveriges dödbok 1947-2003, (CD-ROM version 3.0), published by Sveriges Släktforskarförbund 2005
2. Russian Journal of Marine Biology. Sven Ekman: On the 130th anniversary of his birth. March 2006. 32. 2. 137–139. Kafanov, A.I.. 10.1134/s1063074006020118. 2589556.
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4. Milbrink, Göran. A simplified tube bottom sampler. Oikos. 22. 2. 1971. 260–263. 3543736. 10.2307/3543736.
5. Hopkins, Thomas L.. A survey of marine bottom samplers. Progress in Oceanography. 2. 1964. 213–256. 10.1016/0079-6611(64)90005-9. 1964PrOce...2..213H.
6. Book: Ekman, Sven. Die Phyllopoden, Cladoceren und freilebenden Copepoden der nord-schwedischen Hochgebirge: ein Beitrag zur Tiergeographie, Biologie und Systematik der arktischen, nord- und mittel-europäischen Arten. 1904. Lippert. Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt. German.
7. Deichmann, Elisabeth. Hedgpeth, Joel W.. Review of Zoogeography of the Sea by Sven Ekman, trans. from Swedish by Elizabeth Palmer. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 28. 3. September 1953. 284–285. 10.1086/399716.
8. Riley, Gordon A.. Review of Zoogeography of the Sea by Sven Ekman, trans. from Swedish by Elizabeth Palmer. 17 July 1953. 118. 3055. 90. 10.1126/science.118.3055.90.
9. Book: Zoogeography of the Sea by Sven Ekman, trans. from Swedish by Elizabeth Palmer. London. Sedgwick & Jackson. 1953.

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10. Book: Annual Report — National Academy of Sciences, Fiscal Report for 1969–1970. 1969. 239.
11. http://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/43967626 SvenskaGravar