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ACHARIUS, ERIK (1757-1819)

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ACHARIUS, ERIK (1757-1819) , See also:Swedish botanist, was See also:born on the loth of See also:October 1757, and in 1773 entered See also:Upsala University, where he was a See also:pupil of See also:Linnaeus. He graduated M.D. at See also:Lund in 1782, and in 18o1 was appointed See also:professor of See also:botany at Wadstena See also:Academy. He devoted himself to the study of See also:lichens, and all his publications were connected with that class of See also:plants, his Lichenographia Universalis (See also:Gottingen, 1804) being the most important. He died at Wadstena on the 13th of See also:August 1819.

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