Jacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813 in
Lund
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, Sweden – 17 January 1901 in Lund, Sweden) was a
Swedish
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botanist
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,
phycologist, and
taxonomist
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.
He was the son of
Carl Adolph Agardh
Carl Adolph Agardh (23 January 1785 in Båstad, Sweden – 28 January 1859 in Karlstad) was a Swedish botanist specializing in algae, who was eventually appointed bishop of Karlstad.
Biography
In 1807 he was appointed teacher of mathematics a ...
, and from 1854 until 1879 was professor of botany at
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion [blueprints
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for the
botanical garden
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Botaniska trädgården in Lund.
In 1849, he was elected a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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. Agardh was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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in 1878.
It is said that the naturalist
Mary Philadelphia Merrifield
Mary Philadelphia Merrifield (née Watkins; 15 April 1804 – 4 January 1889) was a British writer on art and fashion. She later became an algologist (an expert on seaweed).
Life
She was born Mary Philadelphia Watkins in Brompton, London in 18 ...
learnt Swedish in order that she could correspond with him.
Works
His principal work, ''Species, Genera et Ordines Algarum'' (4 vols., Lund, 1848–63), was a standard authority.
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See also
* Swedish botanist Jacob Agardh identified Baudinet's algal specimens
References
Further reading
*
Theoria Systematis Plantarum; Accredit Familiarum Phanerogarum in Series Naturales Disposito, Secundum Structurae Normas et Evolutionis Gradus Instituta. Lund Apr–Sep 1858
External links
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1813 births
1901 deaths
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lund University faculty
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
People from Lund
Pteridologists
Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)
Swedish botanists
Swedish mycologists
Swedish phycologists
Swedish taxonomists
Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
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