Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (naturalist)
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Lemu
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–October 9, 1854 Stockholm
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) was a Swedish entomologist of German ancestry and governor of Viipuri province
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From 1819 he served as the secretary to the Finnish Minister Secretary of State
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in Saint Petersburg
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. In 1833 he was appointed governor of the Vaasa Province and soon after of the Viipuri and Savonlinna County. From 1839 until his death he served as the chief judge
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of the newly formed Imperial Court of Appeals
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(“Kayserlichen Hofgerichtes” , hovioikeus) in Viborg.
He was decorated with the Cross of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
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and was made a knight of the Order of Saint Vladimir. He published many papers on Coleoptera and worked on the collections of the natural history museums of Dorpat, Saint-Petersburg and Moscow
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Mannerheim was a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1827) and of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
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(1838) and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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(1852).
He was married to Eva Wilhelmina Schantz who was one of the leading figures in Finnish society life. His grandson Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland, and a Finnish statesman. He was Regent of Finland and the sixth President of Finland...
(1867–1951) became Marshal and President of Finland.
Publications
- Mannerheim, C. G. von. 1825. Novae coleopterorum species imperii Rossici incolae descriptae, in Hummel, Essais entomologiques, 1(4):19-41.
- Mannerheim, C. G. von. 1837. Enumération des Buprestides, et description de quelques nouvelles espèces de cette tribu de la famille des Sternoxes, de la collection de M. Le Comte Mannerheim. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 8:1?126.
- Mannerheim, C. G. von. 1837. Mémoire sur quelques genres et espèces de Carabiques
- Mannerheim, C. G. von. 1844.Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de Coléoptères de Finlande
- Mannerheim, C. G. von. 1843.Mémoire sur la récolte d'insectes coléoptères faite en 1842