Background
Lidforss was born in Lund, Sweden, and died there.
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Bengt Lidforss
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He studied botany and biology at Lund University and received his Bachelor of Arts at nineteen.
Career
Later he received a Doctor of Philosophy from Lund University. He became a Professor of at Uppsala University in 1909 and at Lund University in 1910. He was one of the first Swedish scientists to write popular science.
He published articles in Malmö-based social democrat newspaper Arbetet.
He was known to be bisexual.
Politics
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.
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Born
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Nationality
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Political Party
Swedish Social Democratic Party