Erik Acharius
1757
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1819
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Sweden
languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
educated at: Uppsala University, Lund University
occupation: botanist, physician, lichenologist, mycologist, naturalist
award received: Professor, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
student of: Carl Linnaeus
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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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