Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Carl Adolph Agardh

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Carl Adolph Agardh (13 January 1785, Båstad, Sweden - 28 January 1859, Karlstad) was a Swedish botanist specializing in algae, who was eventually appointed bishop of Karlstad.


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Biography

In 1807 he was appointed teacher of mathematics at Lund University, in 1812 appointed professor of botany and natural sciences,[1] and was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1817, and of the Swedish Academy in 1831.
He was ordained a clergyman in 1816, received two parishes as prebend, and was a representative in the clerical chamber of the Swedish Parliament on several occasions from 1817. He was rector magnificus of Lund University 1819-1820 and was appointed bishop of Karlstad in 1835, where he remained until his death.[2]

Publications

He devoted considerable attention to political economy and as "a leading liberal", he "succeeded in improving and raising the standards of education in Sweden".[3]He also wrote on theological and other subjects, but his reputation chiefly rests on his botanical works, especially Systema algarum, Species algarum rite cognitae, and Icones Algarum (1824, 1820–28, and 1828–35). The greatest part of his Manual of Botany (2 vols., Malmoe, 1829–32) has been translated into German.[1]
The standard author abbreviation C. Agardh is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

Other works available online


He was the father of Jacob Georg Agardh, also a botanist.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c  "Agardh, Karl Adolf". The American Cyclopædia. 1879.
  2. ^ Eriksson, Gunnar (1970). "Agardh, Carl Adolph". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 69–70. ISBN 0-684-10114-9.
  3. ^ "Karl Adolph Agardh". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  4. ^ "Author Query for 'C.Agardh'". International Plant Names Index.

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Adolph_Agardh
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