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Erik Acharius

Swedish botanist (1757-1819) · Sweden · Scientists · Died at 61

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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.

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Illustration from Lichenographia universalisIllustration from Lichenographia universalisTitle page of Erik Acharius's first work Lichenographia svecicae Prodromus (1798).Title page of Erik Acharius's first work Lichenographia svecicae Prodromus (1798).Synopsis methodica lichenum, 1814Synopsis methodica lichenum, 1814

Awards

Professor
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

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Sibling: Laurentius Acharius

About this person

Country
Sweden
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1757 to 1819 · aged 61

Scientists from Sweden 6

Reine Wisell51.1Philip Johan von Strahlenberg51.1Johan Gottlieb Gahn51.2Ivar Jacobson51.0Carl Gustaf Mosander51.4Carl Linnaeus the Younger51.0

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