Olof Peter Swartz
Olof Peter Swartz (born September 21, 1760 in Norrköping , † September 19, 1818 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Sw. "
Live and act
Swartz received his PhD from Uppsala University in 1781 at the age of 21 . From 1783 to 1787, he toured the West Indies and North America collecting plants. In 1788 he traveled to England . He then worked as a professor in Stockholm. One focus of his work was the spore plants .
In 1789 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In 1805 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . From 1808 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and from 1812 a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and from 1814 of the Académie des Sciences . 1811-1818 he was permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Honors
The genus Swartzia Schreb. from the legume family (Fabaceae) is named after him.
Fonts
- Nova genera & species plantarum. Sweder, Stockholm et al. 1788, digitized .
- Observationes botanicae. Palm, Erlangen 1791, digitized .
- Icones plantarum incognitarum. Fasc. 1, Sect. 1-2. Palm, Erlangen 1794-1800, digitized .
- Flora Indiae occidentalis. 3 volumes. Palm, Erlangen 1797-1806.
- Synopsis Filicum. Bibliopolium novum academicum, Kiel 1806, digitized version .
- Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae. sn, Stockholm 1814.
- Adnotationes Botanicae , quas reliquit Olavus Swartz. Post mortem Auctoris collectae, [...] a Johanne Em. Wikström, (accedit biographia Swartzii, Auctoribus C. Sprengel et CA Agardh ), Norstedt 1829, digitized
- Schrader (Hrsg.): Journal for the botany , Heinrich Dieterich, Göttingen
- About the genus Phyllachne , in 1. Stk., 1799, p. 273 ff.
- Genera et Species Filicum , in 2. [4th] vol. 1. u. 2. Stk. 1800, pp. 1–120
- Cinclidium a new genus of moss, discovered and described by Ol Swartz, 1. Stk. [5], 1801, p. 25 ff.
- Swartz (Olavus) , in: Johann Emanuel Wikström: Conspectus Litteraturae Botanicae in Suecia , Norstedt et Filii, 1831, pp. 243-254, (list of publications, digitized version ).
literature
- Johann Emanuel Wikström : Biography about Prof. Olof Swartz , Norstedt & Sons, Stockholm 1829, digitized
- Carl Adolph Agardh : Necrolog Olof Swartz , in: Königl. botanical society in Regensburg (ed.): Flora or botanical newspaper , 3rd vol., 2nd vol., 1820, pp. 550–558
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Olof Peter Swartz at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Olof Peter Swartz at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 20, 2016.
- ↑ Member entry by Olof Peter Swartz (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on June 20, 2016.
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swartz, Olof Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norrkoping |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1818 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |