Axel Leonard Melander Explained

Axel Leonard Melander
Birth Date:3 June 1878
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Death Place:Riverside, California
Fields:Entomology
Thesis Title:A monograph of the Empididæ of North America
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Thesis Year:1902
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Axel Leonard Melander (3 June 187814 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. His master's thesis was titled, "A monograph of the Empididæ of North America." 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1962-08-14 . AXEL MELANDER, ENTOMOLOGIST, 84; Retired Chairman of Biology Dept. at City College Dies . . . 1962-08-15 . subscription . 2022-03-24 . en.
  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 . 25077786 . 0002-8320.
  3. Web site: Axel Leonard Melander . 2023-06-08 . bionomia.net . en.
  4. Web site: Abdoun . Hany . Axel Leonard Melander . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050321160052/http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/special/bios/Melander.htm . 2005-03-21 . 2022-03-24 . . 31 . en.
  5. News: 1902-06-12 . Final Exercises of Three of Austin's Institutions of Learning . 2 . . subscription . 2022-03-24 . 1553-8451 . . en.
  6. News: 1943-06-07 . Professor Retiring . 61 . 9 . . 25 . . . 1943-06-08 . subscription . 2022-03-24 . . en.