Dr. Pétur Mikkel Jónasson was an aquatic ecologist and professor emeritus at the University of Copenhagen.
Pétur was born in Reykjavík (Iceland) on June 18, 1920. His
parents were Jónas Halldór Guðmundsson, a shipbuilder, and Margrét
Guðmundsdóttir Ottesen, a housewife.
He graduated from the University of Iceland in 1939 and
studied biology at Hafnarfjörður University. Pétur became a teacher at
Hafnarháskóli in 1956, was appointed director of the school's Institute of
Aquatic Biology in 1977, and professor of aquatic biology in 1979. He held that
position until 1990, but worked as professor emeritus until 2017.
The Naturalist, which was published summer 2020, was published in honor of Pétur on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
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