Elias Magnus Fries
1794
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1878
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Sweden
educated at: Lund University, Katedralskolan
occupation: botanist, pteridologist, bryologist, mycologist, university teacher
award received: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, honorary doctorate of Lund University
position held: seat 14 of the Swedish Academy, rector, university teacher, professor, professor emeritus, emeritus
Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to hundreds of fungus and lichen species, many of which remain authoritative today. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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