Adam Afzelius
Adam Afzelius | |
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Born | |
Died | 20 January 1837 | (aged 86)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | Botanist |
Relatives | Johan Afzelius (brother) Pehr von Afzelius (brother) |
Scientific career | |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Afzel. |
Adam Afzelius (8 October 1750 – 20 January 1837) was a
Between 1792 and 1796, as part of the Sierra Leone Company, he made two journeys to West Africa, where he reported on the geography, climate and natural resources of the region. While here, he also collected botanical specimens that were later acquired by Uppsala University.[3]
In 1797–98, he acted as secretary of the Swedish
His brother, Johan Afzelius (1753–1837), was professor of chemistry at Uppsala; and another brother, Pehr von Afzelius (1760–1843; the "von" was added when he was ennobled), who became a professor of medicine at Uppsala in 1801, was distinguished as a medical teacher and practitioner.[1]
The botanical genus Afzelia (subfamily Caesalpinioideae) commemorates his name,[3] and in 1857, the plant species Anubias afzelii was named after him by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott.[4]
Works
- De vegetabilibus svecanis observationes et experimenta, 1785.
- "The botanical history of Trifolium alpestre, medium, and pretense", London: Benjamin White and Son, 1791.
- "Observations on the genus Pausus, and description of a new species", London: Benjamin White and Son, 1798.
- Genera Plantarum Guineensium, 1804.
- Remedia guineensia quorum collectionem quintam, 1813–17 (one of many authors).
- Stirpium in Guinea medicinalium species novæ, 1818.
- Reliquiae Afzelianae : sistentes icones fungorum quos in Guinea collegit et in aere incisas excudi; curavit Adamus Afzelius. interpretatur Elias Magnus Fries (1860).[6]
- "Adam Afzelius Sierra Leone Journal 1795–1796" (translated into English, 1967; Alexander Peter Kup; Carl Gösta Widstrand).[7]
References
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Afzelius, Adam". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 362. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ "Mitglieder".
- ^ a b Afzelius, Adam (1750-1837) at JSTOR Global Plants
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- ^ International Plant Names Index. Afzel.
- ^ HathiTrust Digital Library published works
- ^ WorldCat Search published works
- Pont, A. C. 1995 The Dipterist C. R. W. Wiedemann (1770–1840). His life, work and collections. Steenstrupia 21 125-154