Johan Ångström, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Johan Ångström

Swedish bryologist

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1813

Place of Birth: The iron factory Lögdö bruk, Västernorrland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1879

Profession: botanist, bryologist, pteridologist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Johan Ångström

  • Johan Ångström (24 September 1813, Lögdö, Medelpad – 19 January 1879, Örnsköldsvik) was a Swedish physician and bryologist. He obtained his education in Uppsala, and later practiced medicine in the communities of Lycksele and Örnsköldsvik.
  • With Fredrik Nylander (1820-1880), he conducted botanical investigations in Lapland, Finland and Karelia.The moss genus Aongstroemia (Bruch & Schimp., 1846) in named in his honor.
  • As a taxonomist, he was the binomial authority of several plants within the genus Botrychium.

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