Jakob Johan Adolf Appellöf (Garda on Gotland 2 November 1857 – 5 January 1921), Swedish marine zoologist. A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána. ... Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Appellöf matriculated at Uppsala University in 1877, completed his Ph.D. there in 1886 and became a docent of zoology in 1887. In 1889 he received the position of conservator at the Museum of Bergen (in Bergen, Norway). He was appointed professor of comparative anatomy in Uppsala in 1910. With a donation from the sawmill magnate Bünsow, Appellöf established the Klubban Biological Station of Uppsala University, a station for the study of marine biology located on the west coast of Sweden. In 1919 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 1920 of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala. Uppsala University Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... A docent (the word being derived from the Latin word docere, meaning to teach) is officially defined as a professor or university lecturer, but the term has been expanded to designate the corps of volunteer guides who staff many of the museums and other educational institutions in the United States. ... County Hordaland Landscape Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele ( H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or , founded in 1739 by King Frederick I, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. ... Detail of the building of the Royal Swedish Society of Sciences in Uppsala. ...

He made several important contribution to the knowledge of cephalopods. Orders Sepiida Sepiolida Spirulida Teuthida Octopoda Vampyromorphida Nautilida The Cephalopods (head-foot) are the mollusc class Cephalopoda characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a modification of the mollusc foot into the form of arms or tentacles. ...

Partial bibliography

• "Die schalen von Sepia, Spirula und Nautilus, Studien über ihren Bau und Wachsthum" (in: Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar, [ISSN 0023-5377]; N.F., 25:7)
• "Teuthologische beiträge", 1–4 (1889–1892, in: Bergens museums aarsberetning och aarbog)
• "Cephalopoden von Ternate" (in: Abhandlung der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bd 24, H. 4, 1898)
• "Über das vorkommen innerer Schalen bei Octopoda" (in: Bergens Museums Aarbog 1899).
• "Über einige Resultate der Kreuzbefruchtung bei Knochenfischen" (Bergens Museums Aarbog, 1894-95)
• "Zur Kenntnis der Edvardsien" (Bergens Museums Aarbog, 1891)
• "Studien über Actinien-Entwicklung" (Bergens Museums Aarbog, 1900. N:o 1, 1900).
• "Untersuchungen über den Hummer: mit besonderer Berücksichtigung seines Auftretens an den Norwegischen Küsten" (in: Bergens Museums Skrifter, [ISSN 0365-981X]; 8; N.R., 1:1, 1909; awarded the Joachim Friele Gold Medal).

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