Background
He was born at Turku on 28 April 1850 and died there on 2 September 1913.
He was born at Turku on 28 April 1850 and died there on 2 September 1913.
Reuter became a student at the University of Helsinki in 1867, and gained an Master of Science in 1873 followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in 1877, when he became an associate professor of zoology.
He formally retired in 1910 due to long-term health problems. Reuter was a Hemipterist who specialised on plant bugs.