Jacob Georg Agardh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacob Georg Agardh

Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist (1813-1901)

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1813

Place of Birth: Lunds Cathedral Assembly, Skåne County, Sweden

Date of Death: 17-Jan-1901

Profession: politician, economist, university teacher, botanist, mycologist, pteridologist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813 in Lund, Sweden – 17 January 1901 in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist.He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh, and from 1854 until 1879 was professor of botany at Lund University.
Agardh designed the current 1862 blueprints for the botanical garden Botaniska trädgården in Lund.In 1849, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Agardh was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1878.
It is said that the naturalist Mary Philadelphia Merrifield learnt Swedish in order that she could correspond with him.