Olof Rudbeck the Younger
Olof Rudbeck the Younger (born March 15, 1660 in Uppsala , † March 23, 1740 ) was a Swedish anatomist and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " OORudbeck ". His son was Johan Olof Rudbeck (1711–1790), who was also a botanist and doctor.
Live and act
The son of the polymath Olof Rudbeck the Elder was first taught by his father and then began studying medicine at Uppsala University . There he published his disputation De propagatione plantarum in 1686 . In the same year Rudbeck became a medical assistant at Uppsala University. In 1687 he began an extensive trip to Europe, which he u. a. led to England , the Netherlands and Germany . He was in Utrechtdoctorate and returned to Sweden in 1691, where he succeeded his father at the chair of anatomy and botany in Uppsala a year later. He was rector of Uppsala University three times (1708, 1715 and 1724). With the later Archbishop Erik Benzelius d. J. In 1719 he founded the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala .
Olof Rudbeck the Younger went on a trip to Lapland in 1695 . Of the planned twelve volumes in which Rudbeck wanted to present the research in Lapland, the first volume Nova Samoland, sive Lapponia illustrata was published in 1701 . The drafts for the remaining volumes were destroyed by a fire in Uppsala in 1702.
He was ennobled in 1719, Archiater in 1739 and died March 23, 1740.
He was a teacher of Carl von Linnaeus .
Honors
The plant genus Rudbeckia L. from the sunflower family (Asteraceae) is named after him and after his father, Olof Rudbeck the Elder .
Works (selection)
- Lapponia illustrata (Uppsala 1701)
- Ichthyologia biblica (Uppsala 1705)
literature
- Rudbeck (Olavus) , in: Johann Emanuel Wikström: Conspectus Litteraturae Botanicae in Suecia , Norstedt et Filii, 1831, pp. 224-233, (list of publications, digitized version ).
- Olof Rudbeck the Younger . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 382 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Olof Rudbeck the Younger at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rudbeck, Olof the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish anatomist and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1660 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uppsala |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1740 |