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Areschoug, John Erhard (1811-1887)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
John Erhard
Last name
Areschoug
Initials
J.E.
Life Dates
1811 - 1887
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
S (main), UPS (main), B, BM, C, E, FH, G, HBG, K, KIEL, L, LD, LE, NY, O, PC, TCD, W
Countries
Europe: France, Sweden
Associate(s)
Åkermark, Sophia (1817-1882) (sister)
Biography
Swedish phycologist at Uppsala. Hailing from Goteborg, John Areschoug studied at the University of Lund and became interested in algae at this time. Succeeding Elias Fries as professor of botany at the University of Uppsala in 1859, he was the first there to give practical lessons in microscopy. Areschoug studied the algal flora of the Scandinavian coastlines and published Phyceae Scandinavicae Merinae, his most important work, in 1850. Source: R.E. Fries, 1950, A Short History of Botany in Sweden.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 33; Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 55; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 40; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 130; Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S., Taxon. Lit., ed. 2, 1 (1976): 62;
Areschoug, John Erhard (1811-1887)
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