Ragnar Hult, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ragnar Hult

Finnish botanist

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1857

Place of Birth: Pohja, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 25-Sep-1899

Profession: geographer, university teacher, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ragnar Hult (4 March 1857 – 25 September 1899) was a Finnish botanist and plant geographer.
He was a forerunner in developing a methodology for vegetation survey.
He emphasized the physiognomy of vegetation and paid less attention to its ecology.
His ideas were much-followed in Sweden, making him the real father of the "Uppsala school" in plant sociology.Ragnar Hult was the first (1881) to publish a comprehensive study of ecological succession as it is taking place in a given region.
He was the first to recognize that a relatively large number of pioneer plant communities give way to a comparatively small number of relatively stable communities.