Erik Leonard Ekman (Stockholm 1883-Santiago de los Caballeros 1931) was a Swedish botanist and explorer . ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago de los Caballeros (the first " Santiago " of Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
Biography
Erik Leonard Ekman was born into a low-income household with 5 children on October 14, 1883. Due to economic difficulties, the family moved to the central-Swedish town of Jönköping when he was eleven. Jönköping is a city in Småland in southern Sweden with 84423 inhabitants (2005 Here, while at school, his passion for botanical collecting started. He obtained his bachelor's degree in 1907 at Lund University in southern Sweden and was offered free passage on a ship to Argentina with a Swedish shipping company. Lund University (Lunds universitet located in Lund in southernmost Sweden is one of Sweden 's most prestigious Universities and one of Scandinavia For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. He spent 3 months in Misiones collecting plants, aided greatly by the local Swedish colony. While there, he was offered a position as the Regnellian amanuensis at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, which he gladly accepted. Amanuensis əˌmænjuˈɛnsɪs is a Latin word adopted in various languages including English for certain persons performing a function by hand either writing down the words of another He started his service at the museum in 1908. Thanks to financial support from the Regnell fund, he was able to travel widely through Europe and study with many of the prominent botanists of the time.
Ekman presented his doctoral dissertation at Lund in 1914. In the same year, he was to participate in the third Regnellian expedition to South America. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a His goal was Brazil, but Ekman was given an assignment from professors Ignatius Urban (from Berlin) and C. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Lindman (from Stockholm) to make short stops on Cuba (1 month) and Hispaniola (8 months), to collect specimens for Urban's "Symbolae Antillanae" botanical project. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest and most populous Island of the Antilles, lying between the islands of Ekman agreed to do so under protest. His trip to Brazil was further delayed for two years by the onset of World War I, political unrest in Haiti, and a plague epidemic in Cuba. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as
Ekman landed in Havana in 1917 and remained in Cuba for 10 years, except for a short visit to Haiti during 1917. Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading After serious disagreements with (and pressure from) the Swedish Royal Academy of Science in Stockholm, Ekman returned to Haiti in 1924 where he had a period of intensive field work lasting until 1928, when he went to the Dominican Republic for further studies. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with
By the end of 1930 Ekman was decided to finally fulfil his original mission: Brazil. However, this trip never occurred, since Ekman died suddenly at the age of 47 on January 15, 1931, in Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago de los Caballeros (the first " Santiago " of He died from influenza after having been battered and weakened by pneumonia, bouts of malaria and black water fever. Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal Malaria is a vector -borne Infectious disease caused by Protozoan Parasites It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions including He never returned to Sweden after leaving it for the second time.
Ekman was buried in Santiago de los Caballeros where a statue and a plaque were erected in his honor. There also are streets in both Santiago and Santo Domingo bearing his name. Santo Domingo de Guzmán (known as Santo Domingo population 2084852 (Metro (2003 estimated 2253437 (Metro in 2006 is the Capital and largest city in the In Cuba a special department in the Botanical Garden named after Ekman, contains plant species related to his work.
Legacy
Ekman contributed to the knowledge of the Caribbean flora more than any other previous scientist. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting In Botany, flora ( Plural: floras or florae has two meanings The first meaning flora of an area or of time period, refers to all He described more than 2,000 species new to science (a great many of which are named after him), remarkably so, since by then the flora of the Caribbean was considered to be pretty well documented. His collections are still very actively used in the research on the West-Indian flora. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting He collected around 36,000 numbers, amounting with duplicates to more than 150,000 specimens. Ekman also made some geographical discoveries, he mapped several mountains of Haiti and was among the first to measure accurately the highest Caribbean mountain , Pico Duarte. Pico Duarte is the highest peak in all the Caribbean islands, and for that matter the tallest mountain in all of the Americas outside of the great western Cordilleras Ekman also collected birds, mammals and reptiles, of which several species bear his name, e. g. the Hispaniolan nightjar (Caprimulgus ekmani). This article is about the bird For the aircraft see Gloster Nightjar.
The Swedish Foundation Instituto Ekman was established in 1991 in his honour. The aims of the Foundation are to intensify the scientifical and cultural exchange between Sweden and the Caribbean countries.
An in depth biographical work on Ekman by Thomas A. Zanoni (NY) and Roger Lundin (S))is ongoing.
References
- Eco-Hispaniola. Retrieved on 2007-02-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved on 2007-02-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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