Sextus Otto Lindberg (29 March 1835 – 20 February 1889) was a Swedish physician and botanist, known as a bryologist.

Life

He was born in Stockholm, and educated in

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. He worked in the

Grand Duchy of Finland The Grand Duchy of Finland ( fi, Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta; sv, Storfurstendömet Finland; russian: Великое княжество Финляндское, , all of which literally translate as Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecess ...

, then part of the

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. He became professor of botany, and dean of the physics-mathematics faculty, at the University of Helsingfors. He was honored with the genus name ''Lindbergia'' in the family Leskeaceae, published by Swedish bryologist Nils Conrad Kindberg in 1897. His son Harald was honored with the genus name '' Lindbergella'' in the family Poaceae, published by Irish botanist Norman Loftus Bor in 1969. Lindberg died at

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. He was the father of the botanist Harald Lindberg (1871–1963).

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External links

www.nad.riksarkivet.se ''S Otto Lindberg''.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindberg, Sextus Otto 1835 births 1889 deaths Swedish botanists 19th-century Swedish physicians Academic personnel of the University of Helsinki Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Bryologists