The plant species Anubias afzelii was named after him by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott
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Adam Afzelius
Adam Afzelius was a Swedish botanist and zoologist, and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Afzelius was born at Larv in Västergötland in 1750. He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Uppsala University in 1777, and in 1785 demonstrator of botany. In 1793 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1800, Adam Afzelius became member of the German Academy of Sciences Leop…
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science · Swedish botanist (1750–1837) · botanist · zoologist · pteridologist · university teacher · entomologist · mycologist · orientalist · botanical collector · scientific collector · physician · also Adam Afzelius, Afzel., A. Afzelius, Adam von Afzelius, A. v. Afzelius, Afzelius
Born 8 October 1750 · Died 20 January 1837 · Q347903
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Died 1837-01-20.
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Became professor of materia medica at the university
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Elected president of the "Zoophytolithic Society" (later called the Linnaean Institute)
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Was distinguished as a medical teacher and practitioner
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Adam Afzelius became member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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Born 1750-10-08.
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