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Item Details
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LINNAEUS
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| By: |
Benjamin Daydon Jackson, Theodor Magnus Fries |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1139095625 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781139095624 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 May, 2012 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture |
| Translated from: |
Swedish |
| Description: |
First published in 1923, this English version of a Swedish biography of Linnaeus includes additional material supplied by the translator. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
9 b/w illus. 3 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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