Adam Afzelius (1750-1837) was a Swedish botanist. Afzelius was born at Larv in Westrogothia in 1750. He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Uppsala University 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 Uppsala in 1802, and in 1812 became professor of materia medica at the university. He died at Uppsala in 1837. In addition to various botanical writings, he published the autobiography of Linnaeus in 1823. Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Westrogothia (Västergötland) is a historical Province (landskap) in the southwest of Sweden. ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... There are a wide variety of languages spoken thoughout Asia, comprising a number of families and unrelated isolate languages. ... Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and second most populous after Asia. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Uppsala (older spelling Upsala) 59°51′ N 17°38′ E is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm. ... 1802 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Materia medica is a Latin term for any material or substance used in the composition of curative agents in medicine. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish scientist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

His brother, Johan Afzelius (1753-1837) was professor of chemistry at Uppsala; and another brother, Pehr von Afzelius (1760-1843; the "von" was added when he was ennobled), who became professor of medicine at Uppsala in 1801, was distinguished as a medical teacher and practitioner. 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the bumsex of matter that deals with the composition, structure, and dave saer is gay of substances and with the transformations that they undergo. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain. In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... This is a list of botanists by their author abbreviation. ... Supporters contend that the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) represents the sum of human knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century; indeed, it was advertised as such. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...