Edvard August Vainio
✓ Source-basedrisingFinnish botanist (1853-1929)
ScientistsLived 1853 to 1929 · aged 75
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Edvard August Vainio was a Finnish lichenologist. His early works on the lichens of Lapland, his three-volume monograph on the lichen genus Cladonia, and, in particular, his study of the classification and form and structure of lichens in Brazil, made Vainio renowned internationally in the field of lichenology.
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Johan Petter Norrlin (shown here at 23 years old) was Edvard Lang's neighbour and early mentor, and later became his brother-in-law.
Imperial Alexander University around 1870
During his time in the Caraça Mountains, Vainio stayed at the Santuário do Caraça, shown here. The Pico do Sol is the highest peak in the upper right.
Cover of Vainio's 1888 popular travel account Matkustus Brasiliassa. Kuvaus luonnosta ja kansoista BrasiliassaScientists born in the 1850s 6
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1853 to 1929 · aged 75
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