About Helgi Jónsson
Lived 1867 – 1925 (aged 57–58). Helgi Jónsson was an Icelandic botanist and scientific collector.
Helgi Jónsson (11 April 1867, Rangárvallasýsla – 1925) was an Icelandic botanist and phycologist.
He specialized in the research of marine algae and subarctic vegetation. During his career, he undertook many botanical trips throughout Iceland.
The diatom Navicula jonssonii Østrup is named after him.
Main works The marine algae of Iceland. Botanisk Tidsskrift 25: 378–380. 1902–1903. The marine algae of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 30: 1-73. 1904. The marine algal vegetation of Iceland. 1912 The Botany of Iceland
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Who was Helgi Jónsson?
Icelandic botanist (1867-1925)
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Helgi Jónsson was born in 1867 in Reykjavík.
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Helgi Jónsson died in 1925.
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Helgi Jónsson was a botanist and scientific collector.
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Helgi Jónsson was Icelandic.
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