Erik Acharius, the Father of Lichenology

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". Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life Lichens (ˈlaɪkən or /lɪtʃən/ are symbiotic associations of a Fungus (the mycobiont with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont also known as Lichenology is the branch of Mycology that studies the Lichens, Symbiotic Organisms made up by the association of a microscopical Alga

Acharius was born in Gävle, matriculated at Uppsala University in 1773 and was one of the last of the students of Linnaeus. Gävle is a city in east central Sweden with 68700 inhabitants ( 2005) Uppsala University ( Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a world-class research University in Uppsala, Sweden. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for He later worked for the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm and completed his medical studies at Lund University in 1782. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Lund University (Lunds universitet located in Lund in southernmost Sweden is one of Sweden 's most prestigious Universities and one of Scandinavia Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was appointed town medical officer in Vadstena in 1785, district medical officer in Östergötland County in 1789, director of the new Vadstena Hospital (which he had initiated) in 1795, and titular professor in 1803. Vadstena is a town (pop 5700 in the Swedish province of Östergötland and the seat of Vadstena Municipality, Östergötland Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Östergötland County ( Östergötlands län) is a county or Län on the south east of Sweden. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vadstena is a town (pop 5700 in the Swedish province of Östergötland and the seat of Vadstena Municipality, Östergötland Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

Acharius belonged to the younger generations of Swedish botanists who continued what Linnaeus had left undone. Acharius began the taxonomic classification of the Lichenes and published several work in this field: Lichenographiae Suecia prodromus (1798), Methodus lichenum (1803), Lichenographia universalis (1810), Synopsis methodica lichenum (1814) and many smaller papers in periodicals. Lichens (ˈlaɪkən or /lɪtʃən/ are symbiotic associations of a Fungus (the mycobiont with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont also known as Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

He was a member of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund (1795), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1796), the Linnean Society of London (1801) and the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (1810). The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund or Kungl Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Linnean Society of London is the World 's premier society for the study and dissemination of Taxonomy and natural history The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala ( Swedish Kungl Vetenskapssocieteten i Uppsala) is the oldest of the royal academies in Sweden and

The genus Acharia, several plants, such as Rosa acharii and Conferva acharii and one insect, Tortrix achariana have been named after Acharius.

The collections of Acharius are distributed over several museums: the Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki, the Botanical Museum in Uppsala, the Swedish Museum of Natural History and the Botanical Museum in Lund. A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the The Finnish Museum of Natural History (Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo established in 1988, is a research institution under the University of Helsinki in Finland Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. The Swedish Museum of Natural History (in Swedish Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally the National Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, is His papers are in the Library of Uppsala University. Uppsala University Library in Sweden consists of 19 different branch libraries with the largest being that housed in the old main library building Carolina Rediviva

References

1. ^ Brummitt, R. K. ; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive Gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and ISBN 1-84246-085-4.  

• Nordisk familjebok, vol. Nordisk familjebok (en Nordic familybook is a Swedish Encyclopedia, published between 1876 and 1957 1 (1904), col 96
• Monika Myrdal: "Erik Acharius, the father of lichenology", at [1], the website of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. With links to sample images of his publications.
• Rutger Sernander: "Acharius, Erik", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, vol. 1, pp. 37-40.

Further reading

• Eriksson, Gunnar (1970). "Acharius, Erik". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 45-46. ISBN 0684101149.