ADAM

See also:

• ADAM AFZELIUS (1750-1837)
• AFZELIUS, ARVID AUGUST (1785-1871)

AFZELIUS (1750-1837)  , Swedish botanist, was born at Larf, Vestergotland, in 1750 . He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Upsala in 1777, and in 1785 demonstrator of botany . From 1792 he spent some years on the west coast of Africa, and in 1797–1798 acted as secretary of the Swedish embassy in London . Returning to Sweden, he founded the Linnaean institute at Upsala in 1802, and in 1812 became professor of materia medica at the university . He died at Upsala in 1837, In addition to various botanical writings, he published the autobiography of Linnaeus in 1823 . His brother, JOHAN AFZELIUS (1753-1837),known as ARVIDSON, was professor of chemistry at Upsala; and another brother, PER AF (1760-1843), who became professor of medicine at Upsala in 18o1, was distinguished as a medical teacher and practitioner .