Erling Christophersen

Erling Christophersen (April 17, 1898 – November 9, 1994) was a Norwegian botanist, geographer and diplomat.[1] Christophersen's dissertation, "Soil reaction and plant distribution in the Sylene National Park, Norway", focused on the art and science of applied forest ecology, or silviculture, of alpine plants in Norway.[2] Christophersen was a professor of botany at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa from 1929 to 1932.He was instrumental in developing and leading the scientific expedition to Tristan da Cunha from 1937 to 1938.His book, Tristan da Cunha, the lonely island (1938), is an account of the expedition.
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