Bengt Lidforss

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Bengt Lidforss

Bengt Lidforss (15 September 1868 – 23 September 1913) was a prominent Swedish socialist, and an accomplished natural scientist and writer.

Biography

Lidforss was born in Lund, Sweden, and died there. He studied botany and biology at Lund University and received his B.A. at nineteen. Later he received a Ph.D. from Lund University. He became a Professor of Botany at Uppsala University in 1909 and at Lund University in 1910. He was one of the first Swedish scientists to write popular science. Lidforss developed a strong stance against religion and the Church of Sweden.

Lidforss was a friend of August Strindberg and was an important name in the early Swedish socialist movement. He was one of the first intellectuals in Sweden to become a socialist. He was known to be bisexual ^[1]

Botany

The standard author abbreviation Lidf. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

↑ Jens Ryström (2003). Sinners and Citizens : Bestiality and Homosexuality in Sweden, 1880 - 1950, ISBN 0226732576, page 112
↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Lidf. "Author Query for 'Lidf.'"]. International Plant Names Index.

Beyer, Nils. Bengt Lidforss. En levnadsteckning. Stockholm: 1968.

Authority control	VIAF: 62473701 ISNI: 0000 0000 5393 8407

Persondata
Name	Lidforss, Bengt
Alternative names
Short description	Swdish scientist and writer
Date of birth	15 September 1868
Place of birth	Lund, Sweden
Date of death	23 September 1913
Place of death	Lund, Sweden

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