Hampus Wilhelm Arnell
Hampus Wilhelm Arnell was a Swedish bryologist. He was the father of hepaticologist Sigfrid Vilhelm Arnell.
In 1875, he became a privat-docent of botany at the University of Uppsala, later working as a schoolteacher in Umeå and Harnosand. In 1880 he became an associate professor of natural history and chemistry in Jönköping. He later taught classes in Gävle and Uppsala.
His botanical studies included trips throughout most of Sweden, to northern Norway and to the lower Yenisei valley in Siberia. From 1873 onward, he performed phenological research in various parts of Sweden.
The liverwort genera Arnellia Lindb. and Arnelliella C. Massal. commemorate his name.Selected works
- De skandinaviska löfmossornas kalendarium, 1875.
- Om vegetationes utveckling i Sverige åren 1873-75, 1878.
- Lebermoosstudien im nördlichen Norwegen, 1892.
- Die Moose des Sarekgebietes, 1907.
- Vegetationens årliga utvecklingsgång i Svealand, 1923.
- Mossor : a. levermossor, 1928.
