The Journey of the Swedish Natural Scientist Carl Adolph Agardh to Bohemia and Central Europe in 1827 in the Light of His Album Amicorum Cover Image

Cesta švédského přírodovědce Carla Adolpha Agardha do Čech a do střední Evropy v roce 1827 ve světle jeho alba amicorum
The Journey of the Swedish Natural Scientist Carl Adolph Agardh to Bohemia and Central Europe in 1827 in the Light of His Album Amicorum

Author(s): Antonín Kostlán
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Comparative history, Local History / Microhistory, 19th Century
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: history of botany; alba amicorum; Czech-Swedish scientific contacts

Summary/Abstract: This study focuses on the Swedish botanist and algologist Carl Adolph Agardh (1785–1859), professor at the University in Lund (1812–1835) and bishop in Karlstad (from 1835). The author outlines the development of his scientific interests and analyses his scientific connections with the Czech Lands, with special attention paid to the album amicorum which Agardh kept in 1810–1829. Based on this album and other sources, the study reconstructs Agardh’s expedition to Central Europe and northern Italy undertaken in the spring and summer of 1827. Detailed attention is paid to his stay in the Bohemia (Prague and Carlsbad) and to Bohemical entries added to his album during the journey.

  • Issue Year: 64/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 33-76
  • Page Count: 44
  • Language: Czech
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