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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Björn Bergenholtz" data-source="post: 3386675" data-attributes="member: 113430">Melanie, I guess so … today's HBW Alive Key updated: However I would write it simply: Prof. Kjell Eriksson von Sneidern (1910–1999) … a k a (in Spanish) as "Kjell Eriksson von Sneidern Johansson" (as it was in his Columbian Obituary alt. In Memoriam, which simply is in the Spanish tradition of adding the mother Maiden name). The latter "Johansson" was (from what I can tell) never included in his Swedish name (it rarely ever is  in Swedish names). Link to his entry in the the 7th Edition of Svenska släktkalendern (a Swedish genealogical encyclopedia) 1919, when he was only a boy (<a href="https://archive.org/stream/svenskaslaktkale03unse_2#page/n69/mode/2up/search/von+Sneidern" target="_blank">here</a>) ...This said without digging any further than this.I hope you´ve got what you need.BjörnPS. I anyone curious; his first name Kjell is pronounced exactly like the English word Shell.PPS. I would also (simply following the IOC, and the OD) write the scientific name of the species itself as L. lacrymiger ...  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />---</blockquote>