Swedish botanist (1750-1837).
Adam Afzelius (8 October 1750 – 20 January 1837) was a Swedish botanist 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 Leopoldina. Between 1792 and 1796, as part of the Sierra Leone Company, he made two journeys to West Africa, where he reported on the geography, climate and natural resources of the re
Abbreviations: Afzel.
Occupations: zoologist, university teacher, scientific collector, pteridologist, mycologist, entomologist, orientalist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Sweden
Languages: Swedish
Dates: 1750-10-07T00:00:00Z – 1837-01-20T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Larv parish
Direct attributions: 4 plants, 6 fungi
Authorship mentions: 34 plants, 17 fungi