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Eric Georg MJÖBERG (1882-1938)
Born in Sweden and educated in zoology at Stockholm (1908) and Lund (1912) Universities. Worked at State Entomological Institution, Stockholm Museum and taught school in Sweden 1903-1910. Leader of Swedish Scientific Expeditions to North-Western Australia in 1910-11. A second Australian Expedition, largely by himself, in 1912-13 travelled to Queensland where he made extensive insect collections in south Queensland (Mount Tamborine, Lamington Glen, Miriam Vale, Colosseum Creek), north-east Queensland (Ravenshoe, Cedar Creek, Malanda, Bellenden Ker, Tully, Yarrabah, Babinda, Cairns, Kuranda) and Cape York Peninsula (Cooktown, Laura, Coleman River). Detailed account of Queensland travels in his 1918 book, Bland Stenåldersmänniskor i Queenslands Vildmarker (Among stone age men in Queensland wild places). Translation available from Queensland State Library. Collections lodged in Stockholm Museum where Mjöberg described Australian ants, beetles, crickets, earwigs, termites and arranged study of other groups by numerous scientists. Mjöberg was later Swedish Consul in Sumatra, director of Sarawak Museum and led expedition to central Borneo. Died in poverty in Sweden.
Biography: Daniels, G. 2004. Eric Geog Mjöberg, p. 842-3. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1687 – 2000. 2 vols, 1776 pp, privately published.