Adam Afzelius
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 187 years ago |
Date of birth | October 8,1750 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Larv |
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Date of died | January 20,1837 |
Died | Uppsala |
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Nationality | Swedish |
Parents | Arvid Afzelius |
Books | Egenhändiga anteckningar af Carl Linnæus om sig sjelf : med anmärkningar och tillägg. |
Job | Plant Biologist |
Current partner | Anna Sofia Dassau |
Education | Uppsala universitet |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 630293 |
Adam Afzelius Life story
Adam Afzelius was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Afzelius was born at Larv in Västergötland in 1750. He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Uppsala University in 1777, and in 1785 demonstrator of botany. In 1793 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.