Theodore Magnus Fries ( Swede. Theodor Magnus Fries ; 1832 - 1913 ) is a Swedish botanist and lichenologist , biographer of Carl Linnaeus , the eldest son of the "father of mycology" Elias Magnus Fries .
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| Swede. Theodor magnus fries | |
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| Date of Birth | October 28, 1832 |
| Place of Birth | Femsho , Jönköping |
| Date of death | March 29, 1913 (80 years) |
| Place of death | Uppsala |
| A country | Sweden |
| Scientific field | botany , lichenology |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation “ Th.Fr. " . A list of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Biography
Theodore Magnus Fries was born on October 28, 1832 in the village of Femsho in the territory of the Swedish province of Småland . He was the first child in the family of Elias Vries (1794–1878) and Christina Wislander (1809–1862). Theodore was influenced by his mycologist father, in 1851 he entered the biological faculty of Uppsala University . Already in 1853, Theodore Magnus worked in the Botanical Gardens and the Uppsala Museum . In 1857 he was awarded a doctorate degree in botany for his work in lichenology. In 1862, Fries was appointed adjunct professor of botany, in 1877 became a professor. From 1893 to 1899, Theodore Magnus was deputy head of Uppsala University. Theodore Magnus Fries died on March 29, 1913 in Uppsala . He was married to Gustav Katharine. Two of their nine children then became professors of botany — Robert Elias (1876–1966) and Thor Christian Elias (1886–1930).
Some works
- Fries, Th.M. (1858). Monographia Stereocaulorum et Pilophororum . 76 p.
- Fries, Th.M. (1860). Lichenes arctoi . 298 p.
- Fries, Th.M. (1861). Genera heterolichenum europaea recognita . 116 p.
- Fries, Th.M. (1871–1874). Lichenographia scandinavica . 2 pars, 639 p.
Literature
- Jørgensen, PM Th. M. Fries, A Grand Scandinavian Lichenologist (Eng.) // The Bryologist : journal. - 2001. - Vol. 101 , no. 4 - p . 537-542 .