Nils Holmgren

Nils Holmgren
Born	28 September 1877 Adolf Fredriks parish
Died	7 September 1954(aged 76) Johannes parish
Resting place	Norra begravningsplatsen
Occupation	Zoologist
Employer	Stockholm University
Family	Erik Albert Holmgren,Anders Holmgren

Swedish expedition 1904–1905 to the border area of Peru and Bolivia. Erland Nordenskiöld and Nils Holmgren in the front row.

Nils Frithiof Holmgren(1877–1954) was a Swedishzoologistand comparative anatomist. He was professor of zoology atStockholm Universityfrom 1921to 1944.

In 1906 Holmgren defended his doctoral dissertation at Stockholm University.In 1912 he became a teacher there, and in 1919 assistant professor of zoology, and in 1921 full professor.His early work focussed on the biology, systematics and anatomy of insects, especiallytermites,as inStudien über südamerikanische Termiten(1906) andTermitenstudien(1909–1912). In later work he focused on the structure of the brain in worms,arthropodsand vertebrates, publishingVergleichende Anatomie des Gehirns(1916) (Comparative anatomy of the brain),Zur Anatomie des Gehirns von Myxine(1919),Zur Anatomie und Histologie des Vorder- und Zwischenhirns der Knochenfiske(1920),Points of view concerning forebrain morphology in lower vertebrates(1922), (with C. J. van der Horst)Contribution to the morphology of the brainin Ceratodus (1925), andPoints of view concerning forebrain morphology in higher vertebrates(1925). This work made him a world expert on the nervous systems of thelower vertebrates.Later work focused on the investigation of cartilage in lower vertebrates. Holmgren, who undertook a research trip toBoliviaandPeruin 1904–1905, was from 1920 the publisher of the journalActa Zoologica.Holmgren was elected a member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciencesin 1928.