BIOLOGIST

Eva Ekeblad

1724 - 1786

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Eva Ekeblad (née De la Gardie; 10 July 1724 – 15 May 1786) was a Swedish agriculturist and salon hostess. She discovered a method to make alcohol and flour from potatoes, significantly reducing Sweden's incidence of famine. She became the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eva Ekeblad is the 258th most popular biologist (down from 189th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 220th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Eva Ekeblad ranks 258 out of 1,097. Before her are Johann Baptist von Spix, Albert von Kölliker, Martin Vahl, Henri Milne-Edwards, Charles Bell, and Frédéric Cuvier. After her are Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Pierre Belon, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, David Goodall, and Carl Sigismund Kunth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Eva Ekeblad ranks 15. Before her are Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Peter von Biron, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Franz Aepinus. After her are Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, George Stubbs, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Claude Balbastre, and William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. Among people deceased in 1786, Eva Ekeblad ranks 9. Before her are Moses Mendelssohn, Peter III of Portugal, Maurice Benyovszky, Franz Benda, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, and John Goodricke. After her are Gaspar de Portolá, Tokugawa Ieharu, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Antonio Sacchini, John Stanley, and Hans Joachim von Zieten.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Eva Ekeblad ranks 250 out of 1,879. Before her are Per Olov Enquist (1934), Karin Boye (1900), Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Stig Dagerman (1923), and Stig Anderson (1931). After her are Per Albin Hansson (1885), Hans Rosling (1948), Harry Nyquist (1889), Jussi Björling (1911), Blot-Sweyn (1001), and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Eva Ekeblad ranks 11. Before her are Elias Magnus Fries (1794), Carl Peter Thunberg (1743), Adam Afzelius (1750), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), and Anders Sparrman (1748). After her are Jacob Georg Agardh (1813), Erik Acharius (1757), Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), Daniel Solander (1733), Olof Swartz (1760), and Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801).

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