> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 289](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260277) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555418) QID Q1555418 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Eisen, August Gustaf (Gustavus Augustus) (1847-1940), Swedish botanist and zoologist, born 2 Aug 1847 (1849 in Wittrock \[sic\]), studied biology from 1868, Dr. fil. and docent in zoology at Uppsala 1873 (1872?), migrated to North America, curator California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco) 1892-1900, Dr. hon. causa Uppsala in 1893, director biological institute San Francisco in 1905, died 29 Oct 1940 in New York. **Abbreviated name**: *Eisen* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]] (orig.), [[Collection S|S]] (Diat.), [[Collection UPS|UPS]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 501; BL 2: 523, 650; BM 2: 519; Bossert p. 114; IH 2: 179; Jackson p. 337; KR p. 154; Langman p. 260-261; Rehder 5(index): 254; TL-2/6: index. #### Biofile - Carpenter, M.M., Amer. Midl. Natural. 33(1): 28. 1945 (bibl. entomologists). - Essig, E.O., History of entomology 615-616. 1931 (bibl., portr.). - Ewan, J., *in* Century 40. 1955; Leafl. W. Bot. 7(3): 53, 56. 1958. - Fryxell, G.A., Diatom collections, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 53: 362. 1975. - Gilbert, P., Compendium biogr. Lit. deceased Entomol. 105. 1977. - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 16: 360. 1980 (Lich. at M). - Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Memoirs 6: 24. 1983 (plant collectors in Mexico). - Lundqvist, Å., Orientering i den svenska provinsfloristiken, Svensk bot. Tidskr. 75: 309, 310. 1981. - Rydberg, P.A., Augustana Coll. Rib. Publ. 5: 39-40. 1907. - Schneider, C.K., Geschichte der Botanik 602. 1906. - Svedelius, N., Svensk bot. Tidskr. 34: 228. 1940. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 9. 1905. #### Eponymy *Eisenia* (Phaeophycea), see ING 1: 600. 1979. ### Publications ##### n.32.603. kännedomen **Title** Bidrag till *kännedomen* om *Gotska Sandön*... Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar... 1868. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Anton Julius Stuxberg (1849-1902), see TL-2/6: 74-75. *Publ*.: 1868, p. 353-379, *pl. 5* (map). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Öfvers. K. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 25(5): 353-379, *pl. 5.* 1868. *Note*: Flora on p. 356-360 and 363-368. ##### n.32.604. Gotlands fanerogamer **Title** *Gotlands fanerogamer* och thallogamer med fyndorter för de Sällsyntare... Upsala (Akademiska boktryckeriet...) 1869. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gotlands fanerog.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Anton Julius Stuxberg (1849-1902), see TL-2/6: 74-75. *Publ*.: 1869, cover-t.p., p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-76. *Copy*: NY. *Note*: Mentioned as composite works under Stuxberg, see TL-2/6: 75. ##### n.32.605. The fig **Title** *The fig*: its history, culture, and curing with a descriptive catalogue of the known varieties of figs... Washington (Government printing office) 1901. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *The fig* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1901 (Nat. Nov. Aug (1) 1902), cover-t.p., frontisp. with text, p. \[1\]-317, *pl. 1-15 *(uncol. phot.). *Copy*: NY. – Issued as U.S.D.A., Div. pomology, Bull. no. 9. *Ref*.: Solms-Laubach, H., Bot. Zeit. 60. Abth. II: 216-217. 16 Jul 1902 (rev.).