Olof Rudbeck the Younger
Olof Rudbeck the Younger or Olaus Rudbeckius d.y. (15 March 1660 – 23 March 1740) was a
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
- ^ a b Blunt, William (2001). Linnaeus: The Compleat Naturalist. Princeton University Press. p. 264.
- ^ a b c Gunnar Broberg. "Olof Rudbeck". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- PMID 16025602.
- ^ "Roberg, Lars". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ 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) ISBN 91-7640-250-9
External links
- Media related to Olof Rudbeck den yngre at Wikimedia Commons
- Olof Rudbeck Lapponia illustrata