BIOLOGIST

Erik Acharius

1757 - 1819

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Acharius is the 324th most popular biologist (down from 169th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Erik Acharius ranks 324 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, David Bruce, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Erich von Tschermak, Willi Hennig, and Andrew Fire. After him are David Baltimore, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Carol W. Greider, Johann Reinhold Forster, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, and Hermann Burmeister.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Erik Acharius ranks 24. Before him are Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Ercole Consalvi, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, and Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein. After him are Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, and Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1819, Erik Acharius ranks 17. Before him are Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Abbé Faria, Sophie Blanchard, and John Marshall. After him are Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Bodawpaya, Johan David Åkerblad, Alexander Tormasov, and Valentin Vodnik.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Erik Acharius ranks 296 out of 1,879. Before him are Björn Waldegård (1943), Johannes Magnus (1488), Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979), John Ericsson (1803), Joey Tempest (1963), and Per Brahe the Younger (1602). After him are Johann Patkul (1660), Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Elizabeth Stride (1843), Otto Nordenskjöld (1869), Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982), and Lars Hörmander (1931).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Erik Acharius ranks 13. Before him are Adam Afzelius (1750), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), Anders Sparrman (1748), Eva Ekeblad (1724), and Jacob Georg Agardh (1813). After him are Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), Daniel Solander (1733), Olof Swartz (1760), Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), and Peter Artedi (1705).

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