Carl adolph agardh biography books

  • Eriksson, Gunnar (1970).
  • Carl Adolph Agardh and John Torrey correspondence, 1819 Forms part of: John Torrey Papers (PP), Series 1, Correspondence, Box 1.
  • Not only was C. A. AGARDH an accomplished phycologist but he also had made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics, agriculture, economics, and.

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    1. By: Agardh, C. A. (Carl Adolf),

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      Holding Institution: Additional York Biology Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

      Subjects: Agardh, C. A. (Carl Adolf), 1785-1859  Algae  Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848  Botanical specimens  Ceramium virgatum  Cladostephus spongiosum  Correspondence  Gloeocapsa sanguinea  Gymnogongrus torreyi  Plocamium cartilagineum  Polysiphonia stricta  Porphyra purpurea  Torrey, Lav, 1796-1873  Trolle Wachtmeister, Hans Archangel, 1782-1871  Ulva compressa  Ulva intestinalis  Ulva linza  

      BHL Collections: Bathroom Torrey Papers

    2. By: Dewey, Chester,

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      Holding Institution: New Dynasty Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

      Subjects: Agardh, C. A. (Carl Adolf), 1785-1859  Aster  Astragalus  Barratt, Joseph, 1796-1882  Beck, Lewis C. (Lewis Caleb), 1798-1853  Bigelow, Biochemist, 1786-1879  Boott, Francis, 1792-1863  Botanical specimens  Brace, John Boisterous, 1793-1872  Bras

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      Cesta švédského přírodovědce Carla Adolpha Agardha do Čech a do střední Evropy v roce 1827 ve světle jeho alba amicorum
      The Journey of the Swedish Natural Scientist Carl Adolph Agardh to Bohemia and Central Europe in 1827 in the Light of His Album Amicorum

      Author(s): Antonín Kostlán
      Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Comparative history, Local History / Microhistory, 19th Century
      Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
      Keywords: history of botany; alba amicorum; Czech-Swedish scientific contacts

      Summary/Abstract: This study focuses on the Swedish botanist and algologist Carl Adolph Agardh (1785–1859), professor at the University in Lund (1812–1835) and bishop in Karlstad (from 1835). The author outlines the development of his scientific interests and analyses his scientific connections with the Czech Lands, with special attention paid to the album amicorum which Agardh kept in 1810–1829. Based on this album and other sources, the study reconstructs Agardh’s expedition to Central Europe and northern Italy undertaken in the spring and summer of 1827. Detailed attention is paid to his stay in the Bohemia (Prague and Carlsbad) and to B

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      Carl Adolph Agardh

      Swedish cleric and botanist (1785-1859)

      Carl Adolph Agardh (23 January 1785 in Båstad, Sweden – 28 January 1859 in Karlstad) was a Swedishbotanist specializing in algae, who was eventually appointed bishop of Karlstad.

      Biography

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      In 1807 he was appointed teacher of mathematics at Lund University, in 1812 appointed professor of botany and natural sciences,[1] and was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1817, and of the Swedish Academy in 1831.

      He was ordained a clergyman in 1816, received two parishes as prebend, and was a representative in the clerical chamber of the Swedish Parliament on several occasions from 1817. He was rector magnificus of Lund University 1819-1820 and was appointed bishop of Karlstad in 1835, where he remained until his death. He was the father of Jacob Georg Agardh, also a botanist.[1]

      System of plant classification

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      The Classes Plantarum has nine primary divisions into which his classes and natural orders are grouped. These are, with class numbers;

      1. Acotyledonae 1–3 (Algae, Lichenes, Fungi)
      2. Pseudocotyledonae 4–7 (Muscoideae, Tetradidymae, Filices, Equisetaceae)
      3. Cryptocotyledonae 8–12 (Macropodae, Spadicinae, Glumiflorae, Liliiflorae, Gynandrae)
      4. Phanerocoty
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