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JAKOB ERIKSSON, whose death, on April 26, we regret to record, was born in Hyllie, near Malmo, Sweden, in 1848. After a course of study at the University of Lund, he obtained his Ph.D. in 1874, and the same year was appointed lecturer (Dpzent) in botany at the University. A year later he was called to Stockholm^ where, besides teaching botany in one of the State colleges, he was engaged as plant physiologist at the experimental station of the Academy of Agriculture. In 1885 he became professor and director of the department of plant physiology of the Academy, a position which sub^ sequently comprised the department of agricultural botany. Prof. Eriksson held this position until 1913, when he had reached the age limit, entitling him to a pension. He, however, continued his research work until shortly before his d-eath, and published several books and monographs during his retirement. His primary interest centred on the study of the diseases of agricultural plants, more especially mildew, parasitic fungi, etc. It was very largely due to his energy and initiative that the plant physiological laboratory, at Erescati, near Stockholm, was created.
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Prof. Jakob Eriksson. Nature 127, 945–946 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127945b0
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