Eva Ekeblad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eva Ekeblad

Swedish scientist

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1724

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 15-May-1786

Profession: physicist, chemist, land owner, agronomist, botanist, salonnière

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Eva Ekeblad (née De la Gardie; 10 July 1724 – 15 May 1786) was a Swedish countess, salon hostess, agronomist, and scientist.
She was widely known for discovering a method in 1746 to make alcohol and flour from potatoes, allowing greater use of scarce grains for food production, significantly reducing Sweden's incidence of famine. Ekeblad was the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1748).



Alternative names	Lundberg; Gustav Lundberg
Description	Swedish portrait painter and pastellist
Date of birth/death	17 August 1695	18 March 1786
Location of birth/death	Stockholm City	Stockholm
Work period	from 1720s date QS:P,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 until 1770s date QS:P,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Work location	Paris, Stockholm
Authority control	: Q838499 VIAF: 25745822 ISNI: 0000 0000 6686 454X ULAN: 500027182 LCCN: n2006086273 WGA: LUNDBERG, Gustaf WorldCat