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Carl Adolph Agardh
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From the
Swedish
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Svenska Familj-Journalen
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Born
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1785-01-23
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23 January 1785
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Died
| 28 January 1859
(1859-01-28)
(aged 74)
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Resting place
| Lund
, Sweden
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Alma mater
| Lund University
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Known for
| Systema algarum
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Scientific career
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Author abbrev. (botany)
| C.Agardh
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Carl Adolph Agardh
was a
Swedish
botanist
and
bishop
of
Karlstad
. He was known for his extensive work on
algae
.
Agardh was born on 23 January 1785 in
Bastad
, a town in
Scania
(
Swedish
:
Skane
),
Sweden
. He began to study at
Lund University
in 1799.
[1]
In 1807, Agardh became a
teacher
of
mathematics
at Lund. In 1812, he was
appointed
professor
of
botany
and
rural
economy
.
[2]
He was elected a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
in 1817, and of the
Swedish Academy
in 1831.
Agardh became a
Lutheran
clergyman
in 1816. He was a member of the Swedish
Parliament
on several occasions from 1817. He was
rector magnificus
of Lund University from 1819 to 1820. In 1835 he became the
bishop
of Karlstad, where he remained until his death. He died on 28 January 1859 in Karlstad.
[3]
Agardh devoted considerable attention to
political economy
. As "a leading
liberal
", he "succeeded in improving and raising the standards of
education
in Sweden".
[4]
He wrote on
theological
and other subjects, but he is best known for his botanical works, especially
Systema algarum
,
Species algarum rite cognitae
, and
Icones Algarum
(1824, 1820?28, and
1828?35
). He translated into German most of his
Manual of Botany
(2 vols., Malmoe, 1829?32)
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- Algarum decas prima [-quarta] /auctore Carolo Ad. Agardh
- Dispositio algarum Sueciae /cuctore Carolo Adolfo Agardh
- Caroli A. Agardh Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae : adjecta dispositione universali algarum
- Aphorismi botanici.
- Classes plantarum
(with Holmberg, L. P. and Lundstrom, Petrus M.)
- Adnotationes botanicae
(with Swartz, Olof, Sprengel, Kurt Polycarp Joachim, and Wikstrom, Joh. Em)
- Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae
(Lund 1817)
- Species algarum rite cognitae etc.
(Greifsw. 1823-28, 2 Voll.)
- Icones algarum europaearum
(Leipz. 1828-35)
- Systema algarum
(Lund 1824)
- Essai de reduire la physlologie vegetale a des principes fondamentaux
(Lund 1828)
- Essai sur le developpement interieur des plantes
(1829)
- Larobok i botanik
(Malmo 1830-32, 2 Voll.)
- Forsok till en statsokonomisk statistik ofver Sverige
(Stockh. 1852-63, 4 Voll.)
Agardh was the father of
Jacob Georg Agardh
, also a botanist.
[2]
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