William Nylander
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Finnish lichenologist and entomologist
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William Nylander 's Degrees
- PhD Biology University of Helsinki
- Masters Ecology University of Turku
- Bachelors Environmental Science University of Oulu
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Nylander was a Finnish botanist and entomologist. Nylander was born in Oulu, and taught at the University of Helsinki before moving to Paris, where he lived until his death in 1899. Nylander studied medicine, receiving a degree in 1847. Nylander pioneered the technique of determining the taxonomy of lichens by the use of chemical reagents, such as potassium hydroxide, tinctures of iodine and calcium hypochlorite, still used by lichenologists as the K and C tests.
William Nylander 's Published Works
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- Lichenes Novae Zelandiae (33)
- Adnotationes in monographiam formicarum borealium Europae. (1846) (30)
- Adnotationes in expositionem monographicam apum borealium (28)
- Additamentum adnotationum in monographiam formicarum borealium Europae. (1846) (22)
- Lichenes in regionibus exoticis quibusdam vigentes exponit synopticis enumerationibus (22)
- Additamentum alterum adnotationum in monographiam formicarum borealium. (1849) (19)
- Hypochlorite of Lime and Hydrate of Potash, two new Criteria in the study of Lichens. (1866) (18)
- Enumeratio lichenum Freti Behringii (14)
- Lichenes exotici a professore W. Nylander descripti vel recogniti et in herbario Musei Parisiensis pro maxima parte asservati in ordine systematico dispositi sunt (10)
- On a Collection of Exotic Lichens made in Eastern Asia by the late Dr. A. C. Maingay. (1883) (7)
- No 10. October 1857 (0)
- Notes on Dr. W. L. Lindsay's Paper on Arthonia melaspermella. (1866) (0)
- No 9-10. September-october 1855 (0)
- LIX.—Notulæ Lichenologicæ. No. XXV (1868) (0)
- XLV.—Notulæ Lichenologicæ. No. XXIV (1868) (0)
- No 12. December 1853 (0)
- Circa Lichenes Regionis Alpinæ Delphinatus Observationes (0)
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