# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-acharius
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:48.786Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-acharius"
name: "Erik Acharius"
slug: "erik-acharius"
description: "Erik Acharius was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the \"father of lichenology\". Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus."
tagline: "Swedish botanist (1757–1819)"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1757-10-18"
deathDate: "1819-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump