Jacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813 in Lund, Sweden – 17 January 1901 in Lund, Sweden) was a

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botanist, phycologist, and

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. He was the son of

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, and from 1854 until 1879 was professor of botany at

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for the

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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

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in 1878. It is said that the naturalist

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learnt Swedish in order that she could correspond with him.

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His principal work, ''Species, Genera et Ordines Algarum'' (4 vols., Lund, 1848–63), was a standard authority.

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* 1813 births 1901 deaths Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Lund University faculty Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences People from Lund Pteridologists Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Swedish botanists Swedish mycologists Swedish phycologists Swedish taxonomists Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala {{Sweden-botanist-stub

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