About Axel Leonard Melander
Lived 1878 – 1962 (aged 84). Axel Leonard Melander was an American zoologist, entomologist and scientific collector.
Axel Leonard Melander (3 June 187814 August 1962) was an American entomologist specialising in Diptera and Hymenoptera. Specimens collected by Melander are held at the German Entomological Institute and the National Museum of Natural History.
Educational career He received his BS degree in 1901 and his MS degree on 11 June 1902 from the University of Texas at Austin and his ScD degree from Harvard University in 1914.
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American entomologist
When was Axel Leonard Melander born?
Axel Leonard Melander was born on 3 June 1878 in Chicago.
When did Axel Leonard Melander die?
Axel Leonard Melander died on 14 August 1962 in Riverside, California.
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Axel Leonard Melander was a zoologist, entomologist and scientific collector.
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Axel Leonard Melander was American.
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