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Swedish botanist and doctor

Johans Linder (1678 - March 24, 1724) was a Swedish botanist and medical doctor who was later ennobled as Lindestolpe. He wrote a book about natural dyes and their sources including plants, insects, and minerals.

He was born 1678 in Karlstad, Sweden and went to university in Uppsala with his first thesis titled De pomis hesperidum ("On the Apple of the Hesperides") in 1702. He defended a second thesis in 1705 titled De Foeda lue venerea dicta translated in 1713 into Swedish as Tankar om then smittosamma sjukom franzoser ("Thoughts about the very infectious French disease syphilis"). He encouraged other doctors to aid those inflicted with syphilis, rather than embarrass then with "moral preaching", although at the time there was little they could do to help.

He was appointed a member of the Medical College in 1719 the same year he was ennobled as Lindestolpe.

The genus Lindera, spicebush, is named for him, dedicated to him by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1783.

Linder married twice, first to Anna Öhrner and then to Eva Christina Cronhielm in 1720. He died March 24, 1724 in Stockholm.

Books

  • De Venenis In Genere, & in Specie Exercitatio, published in 1708 under the name Johannis Linder.
  • Flora Wiksbergensis which was the forth book to be published on Swedish flora. It was first published in 1716 under the name Johan Linders.
  • Liber De Venenis : In Ordinem Redactus Corollariis Animadversionibus Et Indice Illustratus 1739 under the name Lindestolpe Med. Doct.

References

  1. ^ Durtsche, Richard D.; Thieret, John W. (2005). "Johan Linder (Lindestolpe) (1676-1724), Eponym of the Generic Name Linder a Thunberg (Plantae: Lauraceae)". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. v.66:no.1 (2005:Spring). The Academy: 44-47. doi:10.3101/1098-7096(2005)66[44:JLLEOT]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. Hodacs, Hanna (17 May 2016). Silk and Tea in the North: Scandinavian Trade and the Market for Asian Goods in Eighteenth-Century Europe. Springer. ISBN 9781137455444.
  3. Ajanki, Tord (1 June 1995). Medicinal Reading: Of genius, pure chance and dedicated hard work. CRC Press. pp. 150, 152, 162–163. ISBN 978-91-86274-61-0. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. The Etymology of Chemical Names: Tradition and Convenience vs. Rationality in Chemical Nomenclature. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. 8 October 2019. ISBN 9783110611243.
  5. "De Venenis In Genere, & in Specie Exercitatio | Dickinson College". archives.dickinson.edu. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. "'Jo. Lindestolpe Med. Doct. Liber De Venenis : In Ordinem Redactus Corollariis Animadversionibus Et Indice Illustratus' - Details | MDZ". www.digitale-sammlungen.de. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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