Erik Acharius
Also known as Ach.
Swedish botanist (1757–1819)
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- Born
- 1757
- Died
- 1819
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Methodus qua omnes detectos Lichenes
- Lichenographia universalis
- Lichenographiae svecicae prodromus
- Glyphis and Chiodecton, two new genera of the family of Lichenes
- Lichenographiae svecicae prodromus
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1866-05-17
- Active to
- 1925-07-01
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Erik Acharius (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology". Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus.
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1757 births1819 deaths18th-century Swedish illustrators18th-century Swedish medical doctors19th-century Swedish illustratorsAge of Liberty peopleBotanists with author abbreviationsFellows of the Linnean Society of LondonMembers of the Royal Physiographic Society in LundMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesPeople from GävleSwedish lichenologists