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Michael Sars Edit Profile

biologist naturalist priest professor theologian

Michael Sars was a Norwegian theologian and biologist.

Background

Sars was born in Bergen, Norway.

Education

He studied natural history and theology at Royal Frederick University from 1823 and completed a candidate.theol.

Career

Degree in 1828. Foreign several years he taught at a number of different schools, firstly in Christiania (now Oslo) and then in Bergen. In 1831 he was appointed vicar to Kinn on the Norwegian north-west coast. Eight years later he transferred to Manger, just north of Bergen.

Finally, in 1854 he was named professor of zoology at the University where he remained for the rest of his life.

He died in 1869.

The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists 260 marine species named by Michael Sars.

Membership

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.