| Linnaeus Contributor(s): Jackson, Benjamin Daydon (Editor), Jackson, Benjamin Daydon (Translator), Fries, Theodor Magnus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139095625 ISBN-13: 9781139095624 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 580.92 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This biography of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707-78) was originally published in 1903 by another Swedish botanist, Theodor Magnus Fries (1832-1913). This English version, published in 1923, was translated and edited by British botanist Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1846-1927). Jackson is best known for founding (with J. D. Hooker) the Index Kewensis, the register of all botanical names of seed plants; he also acted as Secretary of the Linnean Society for twenty-two years, becoming its General Secretary in 1902. This biography covers the early life of Linnaeus (including some family history), his student years at Uppsala, his travels, his years as a teacher, notes on his personality and his relationship with the wider scientific community. Jackson provides further information in the appendices, enhancing Fries' work with Linnaeus' genealogy, a list of his pupils, his private notes on 'Divine Punishment' and a brief history of Sweden during Linnaeus' lifetime. |