Johan Emanuel Wikström, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish botanist
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Place of Birth: Vänersborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
About Johan Emanuel Wikström
- Johan Emanuel Wikström (born 1789 in Vänersborg, Sweden – died 1856 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist.He studied law and medicine at the University of Uppsala and obtained his medical doctorate in 1817.
- He worked closely with Olof Swartz at the Bergianska trädgården, where in 1818 he succeeded Swartz as garden superintendent.
- In 1823 he attained the title of professor.
- From 1821 onward, he taught natural history classes at the gymnasium in Stockholm.From 1822 to 1855 he published Öfversigt af botaniska arbeten och upptäckter för åren 1820-51 ("Overview of botanical works and discoveries for the years 1820 to 1851"), being issued in 32 volumes.
- The botanical genus Wikstroemia (family Thymelaeaceae) was named in his honor by Stephan Endlicher.
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