Jacob Georg Agardh
1813–1901
Swedish botanist. University of Lund, 1847; professor of botany, 1854–79. Established the Lund Botanical Gardens. Published widely, primarily on marine algae. Member of the Swedish parliament, 1867–72.
Sources
DSB
SBL
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
SBL: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Edited by Bertil Boëthius et al. 33 vols. and 4 fascicles of vol. 34 (A–Swenson) to date. Stockholm: Albert Bonnier and P. A. Norstedt. 1918–.
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