Clas Bjerkander
Swedish scientist

Clas Bjerkander

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Swedish scientist
A.K.A.
Bjerk.
Gender:
Male
Places:
Sweden
Is:
BiologistZoologistScientistBotanistEntomologistPriestMycologist
Work field:
BiologyReligionScience
Birth:
23 September 1735(Sweden)
Death:
1 August 1795
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Clas Bjerkander (23 September 1735, Skara – 1 August 1795) was a Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist.
A Lutheran pastor, Bjerkander studied at the University of Uppsala.
With Anders Dahl he wrote Svenska Topographiska Sällskapet i Skara ("Schwedische topographische Gesellschaft zu Skara") and, as sole author several short scientific papers on Microlepidoptera.
Taxa named for him are
Pyralis bjerkandriana (Mehlmotte)
Bjerkandera adusta (Willd. ex Fr.) P. Karst.
In 1778, Bjerkander was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.