Johannes Musæus Norman (1823–1903) was a Norwegian botanist, trained as a medical doctor.
Norman was the son of a priest, took artium in 1840 and graduated in medicine in 1847. After a short time as a military doctor in the
First Schleswig War
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, he worked from 1849–1857 exclusively with botany. Partly on exploration trips in
Gudbrandsdalen
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, in Western Norway and in Western Finnmark; partly during further education in Paris and Vienna and partly as a research fellow at
University of Oslo
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. He also completed this chapter of his life, and trained as a forester in 1858–1860, in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. Upon his return, he was appointed
Forester
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in Troms and Finnmark, a position he held from 1860–1876. He is credited for introducing the
lichen
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term in an 1872 publication.
See also
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:Taxa named by Johannes M. Norman
References
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19th-century Norwegian botanists
1823 births
1903 deaths