Jacob Georg Agardh
Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist (1813–1901) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813 in Lund, Sweden – 17 January 1901[1] in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist.[2]
Jacob Georg Agardh | |
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Born | 8 December 1813 |
Died | 17 January 1901 (1901-01-18) (aged 87) |
Citizenship | Sweden |
Known for | Species, Genera et Ordines Algarum (1843–1863) |
Awards | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Author abbrev. (botany) | J. Agardh |
He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh, and from 1854 until 1879 was professor of botany at Lund University.[3][4] Agardh designed the current 1862 blueprints for the botanical garden Botaniska trädgården in Lund.[5]
In 1849, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Agardh was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1878.[6] It is said that the naturalist Mary Philadelphia Merrifield learnt Swedish in order that she could correspond with him.[7]