Aug 11, 2023 · Elias Fries, in full Elias Magnus Fries, (born August 15, 1794, Femsjö, Sweden—died February 8, 1878, Uppsala), Swedish botanist, developer of the first system used to classify fungi. Fries received his Ph.D. from the University of Lund in 1811 and was appointed as a science lecturer there.
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Elias Magnus Fries FRS FRSE FLS (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". [1] Career Fries was born at Femsjö ( Hylte Municipality ), Småland, the son of the pastor there. [2] He attended school in Växjö .
- Founder of modern fungal taxonomy
- Goethe
- Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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May 22, 2015 · Elias Magnus Fries (1794–1878) The body of work gathered by Fries cannot be separated from the milieu of his life and times. Elias Fries, born into the household of a rural clergyman in southern Sweden, did not have any family name or wealth to catapult him to greatness in any field of endeavor.
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Elias Magnus Fries (pronounced 'Frees') was born on 15th August 1794 in the little town of Femsjö, in the Småland region of southern Sweden, an area particularly rich in fungi - as indeed it is even to this day.
May 18, 2018 · Fries, Elias Magnus ( b. Femsjö, Sweden 15 August 1794; d. Uppsala, Sweden, 8 February 1878) botany. Fries was born in a parsonage in the southwestern part of the province of Småland, in southern Sweden. His father was interested in natural history and inspired the same interest in his son.
Jun 1, 2004 · The taxonomic concepts which originated with or were accepted by Elias Magnus Fries were presented during his lifetime in the printed word, illustrative depiction, and in collections of dried specimens.