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Olof Celsius (the elder) (19 July 1670 – 24 June 1756) was a Swedish botanist, philologist and clergyman. He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. [1] Celsius was a mentor of the botanist and scientist Carl Linnaeus. Celsius wrote his most famous book on biblical plants, Hierobotanicon, in 1745–47.
Swedish scientist. Learn about this topic in these articles: influence on Linnaeus. In Carolus Linnaeus: Early life and travels. …lectures; however, the university professor Olof Celsius provided Linnaeus access to his library. From 1730 to 1732 he was able to subsidize himself by teaching botany in the university garden of Uppsala. Read More.
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Olof Celsius the Younger (15 December 1716 – 15 February 1794) was a Swedish civil servant, church official, politician and historian. He was professor of history at Uppsala University from 1747, bishop of the Diocese of Lund from 1777, and member of the Swedish Academy from 1786.
Anders Celsius (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈânːdɛʂ ˈsɛ̌lːsɪɵs]; 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France.
Doctor Olof Celsius (1670-1756) created one of the oldest herbarium collections at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, his Flora Upplandica from 1730. Dr. Olof Celsius was the uncle of Professor Anders Celsius (1701~1744), the man who developed the modern system of temperature measurement.
Olof Celsius (the elder) (19 July 1670 – 24 June 1756) was a Swedish botanist, philologist and clergyman. He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. Celsius was a mentor of the botanist and scientist Carl Linnaeus. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olof Celsius has received more than 38,316 page views.
When Carl Linnaeus as a young student visited the botanical garden in Uppsala (Rudbeck's garden) in the spring of 1729, he met Olof Celsius (1670–1756), a clergyman with great interest in botany. Celsius had a considerable amount of collected plants and an important library, and he soon realized that he had met a very special person in Linnaeus.
