Jacob Georg Agardh
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Jacob Georg Agardh (born December 8, 1813 in Lund ; † January 17, 1901 there ), also Jakob Georg Agardh , was a Swedish botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " J. Agardh ".
Life
Jacob Georg Agardh was born in 1813 as the son of the Swedish botanist Carl Adolph Agardh (1785-1859). He worked at Lund University and from 1854 to 1879 professor of botany. 1862–1863 he was the rector of the university. He laid out the Lund Botanical Garden and was also its director. Agardh published writings on many botanical fields; a focus was on seaweed. In 1862/63 and 1865/66 Agardh was a representative of Lund University on the Swedish State Council, from 1867 to 1872 he was a member of the second chamber of the Swedish Parliament . He was chairman of the city council (stadsfullmäktige) of Lund from 1863 to 1868.
Academies and honors
- Elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1836)
- Royal Physiographical Society in Lund (since 1837, 1858–1860 as secretary)
- Royal Science and Literature Society in Gothenburg (since 1848)
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (since 1849)
- Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (since 1865)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1878)
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen (1879)
- Corresponding member of the Académie des sciences (1885)
- Linnaeus Medal (1897)
Dedication names
The algae genera Agardhiella F.Schmitz , Agardhinula De Toni and Neoagardhiella Wynne et WR Taylor are named after him.
Fonts
- Jacob Georg Agardh: Theoria systematis plantarum; accedit familiarum phanerogamarum in series naturales dispositio, secundum structuræ normas et evolutionis gradus instituta . Lund, Sweden 1858.
- Jacob Georg Agardh: Species, genera et ordines Algarum . 1848.
literature
- NJ Andersson: 2. Agardh, Jacob Georg . In: Nils Linder (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 1 : A-barograph . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1876, Sp. 251-252 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- T. Kork: 3. Jakob Georg A. In: Bernhard Meijer (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-Armati . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1904, Sp. 330-331 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- 2. Agardh, Jakob Georg . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 13-14 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- C. Hansen Ostenfeld: Agardh [ ↱ a.gard], Jacob Georg . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A – Arbejdergilder . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1915, p. 296 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- N. Svedelius: Jacob G Agardh. In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon . Volume 1, 1918, p. 268 ff. ( Sok.riksarkivet.se ).
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Web links
Wikispecies: Jakob Georg Agardh - Species Directory- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Jacob Georg Agardh at the IPNI
- Entry in the Darwin Correspondence Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A . American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. bgbm.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agardh, Jacob Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Agardh, Jakob Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish botanist and politician, member of the Riksdag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lund |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1901 |
| Place of death | Lund |