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Jacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813, Lund, Sweden – 7 January 1901, Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist.[1]
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[edit] Biography
He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh, and in 1854 was appointed professor of botany at Lund University.[2] Agardh designed the current 1862 blueprints for the botanical garden Botaniska trädgården in Lund.[3]
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.[4]
[edit] Works
His principal work, Species, Genera et Ordines Algarum (4 vols., Lund, 1848-63), was a standard authority.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie-Mellon University (1972). Biographical Dictionary of Botanists Represented in the Hunt Institute Portrait Collection. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co.. p. 4. ISBN 0816110239.
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"Agardh, Karl Adolf". The American Cyclopædia. 1879. - ^ Botaniska trädgården. "A Brief History of the Lund University Botanical Garden". http://www.botaniskatradgarden.se/201-238-history_in_english.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
[edit] Further reading
- Eriksson, Gunnar (1970). "Agardh, Jacob Georg". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0684101149.
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