Axel Leonard Melander
Born(1878-06-03)June 3, 1878
Chicago, Illinois
DiedAugust 14, 1962(1962-08-14) (aged 84)
Riverside, California
Education
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
Institutions
ThesisA monograph of the Empididæ of North America (1902)

Axel Leonard Melander (3 June 1878 – 14 August 1962)[1] was an American entomologist specialising in Diptera and Hymenoptera.[2] Specimens collected by Melander are held at the German Entomological Institute and the National Museum of Natural History.[3]

Educational career

He received his BS degree in 1901[4] and his MS degree on 11 June 1902[5] from the University of Texas at Austin and his ScD degree from Harvard University in 1914.[4] His master's thesis was titled, "A monograph of the Empididæ of North America."[5] He was a professor at Washington State University and retired as the chairman of the biology department of the City College of New York in 1943 after joining the faculty there on his graduation from Harvard in 1914.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "AXEL MELANDER, ENTOMOLOGIST, 84; Retired Chairman of Biology Dept. at City College Dies". The New York Times. Riverside, California (published 1962-08-15). 1962-08-14. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  2. ↑ Bradley, J. Chester (1959). "The Influence of the American Entomological Society upon the Study of Hymenoptera". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 85 (4): 277–301. ISSN 0002-8320. JSTOR 25077786.
  3. ↑ "Axel Leonard Melander". bionomia.net. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  4. 1 2 Abdoun, Hany. "Axel Leonard Melander". California Academy of Sciences. p. 31. Archived from the original on 2005-03-21. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  5. 1 2 "Final Exercises of Three of Austin's Institutions of Learning". Austin American-Statesman. 1902-06-12. p. 2. ISSN 1553-8451. Retrieved 2022-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Written at Pullman, Washington. "Professor Retiring". The Spokesman-Review. Vol. 61, no. 25. Spokane (published 1943-06-08). 1943-06-07. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.


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