Olof Rudbeck the Younger

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Olof Rudbeck d.y. (1660–1740). Oil-painted portrait in Uppsala University's Universitethuset

Olof Rudbeck the Younger or Olaus Rudbeckius d.y. (15 March 1660 – 23 March 1740) was a

ornithologist and rector of Uppsala University.[1][2]

Biography

Olof

Olaus Rudbeck Sr. (1630–1702), a professor of medicine at Uppsala University. He travelled to England, Holland and Germany in 1687 to study botany. Rudbeck took a medical degree at the Utrecht University in 1690. Returning to his home country in 1692, he succeeded his father as professor of medicine at Uppsala University. Serving alongside Lars Roberg (1664–1742), he specialized in anatomy, botany, zoology, and pharmacology, while Roberg gave lectures in medicine, surgery, physiology and chemistry.[3][4]

He travelled to

To honour his accomplishments (and posthumously, those of his namesake father), he was

Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688–1741), as a "naturalized nobleman" (noble family of Rudbeck, nr. 1637). His student, the botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), named a genus of flowers Rudbeckia in honor of him and his father.[5]

Personal life

Rudbeck was married three times. Rudbeck had 24 children with three wives.[1] His sister, Wendela, married Peter Olai Nobelius, and from them descends the Nobel family, including Ludvig Nobel, founder of Branobel and Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prizes.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Blunt, William (2001). Linnaeus: The Compleat Naturalist. Princeton University Press. p. 264.
  2. ^ a b c Gunnar Broberg. "Olof Rudbeck". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
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  4. ^ "Roberg, Lars". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  5. ^ Jonas Kuschner. "Rudbeck (Rudbeckius, Rudebeck, von Rudbeck), släkt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

Other sources

  • Krook, Hans (1988) Olof Rudbeck d.y:s Svenska fåglar (Stockholm : Coeckelberghs)

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