Elias Magnus Fries 51527 213674254 2008-05-20T10:37:51Z D V S 1709690 +[[ru:Фрис, Элиас Магнус]] {{Infobox_Scientist | name = Elias Magnus Fries | image = Elias_Magnus_Fries.jpg|300px | image_width = frameless | caption = Drawn image of Elias Magnus Fries | birth_date = {{birth date|1794|8|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Femsjö]], [[Sweden]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1878|2|8|1794|8|15|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]] | nationality = Swedish | field = [[Mycology]], [[Botany]] | work_institution = [[Lund University|University of Lund]] (1814–1834),<br> [[Uppsala University]] (1834–1878) | alma_mater = [[Lund University|University of Lund]] | known_for = Founder of modern fungal taxonomy | author_abbreviation_bot = '''Fr.''' }} '''Elias Magnus Fries''' ([[August 15]], [[1794]] &ndash; [[February 8]], [[1878]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[mycologist]] and [[botanist]] born at [[Femsjö]] in [[Småland]]. == Background == In [[1811]] he entered the [[Lund University|University of Lund]] where, in [[1814]], he was appointed an associate professorship in [[botany]], and in [[1824]], became a full [[professor]]. In [[1834]] he became [[professor borgströmianus]] of practical economy (from [[1851]] "botany and practical economy") at [[Uppsala University]]. Fries is considered to be, after [[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Persoon]], founding father of modern [[mushroom]] [[taxonomy]] (see [[mycology]]). His [[taxonomy]] of mushrooms was influenced by [[German romantic]]s (see [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]]). He utilized [[spore]] color and arrangement of the [[hymenophore]] (pores, gills, teeth etc.) as major taxonomic characteristics. When he died, ''[[The Times]]'' commented: "His very numerous works, especially on fungi and lichens, give him a position as regards those groups of plants only comparable to that of [[Linnaeus]]." (''The Times'', Thursday, Feb 21, 1878; pg. 6; Issue 29184; col C) Fries was succeeded in the borgströmian professorship by [[John Areschoug]], after whom [[Thore Fries]], the son of Elias, held the chair. {{botanist|Fr.|Fries, Elias Magnus}} ==External links== *[http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/nfbh/0751.html Biography] from [[Nordisk familjebok]] (in Swedish) *[http://www.ilmyco.gen.chicago.il.us/Authors/Fries10.html "Elias Magnus Fries"], Authors of fungal names, ''Illinois Mycological Association''. *[http://www.eliasfries.org Web site of the Decendants of Elias Fries Association] <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= Fries, Elias Magnus |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= [[Mycology|Mycologist]], [[Botany|Botanist]] |DATE OF BIRTH= [[August 15]], [[1794]] |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Femsjö]], [[Sweden]] |DATE OF DEATH= [[February 8]], [[1878]] |PLACE OF DEATH= [[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]] }} [[Category:Botanists with author abbreviations|Fries, Elias Magnus]] [[Category:Swedish botanists|Fries, Elias Magnus]] [[Category:Swedish algologists|Fries, Elias Magnus]] [[Category:Swedish bryologists|Fries, Elias Magnus]] [[Category:Pteridologists|Fries, Elias Magnus]] [[Category:Swedish mycologists|Fries, Elias Magnus]] [[Category:Members of the Swedish Academy|Fries, Elias Magnus]] [[Category:1794 births|Fries, Elias Magnus]] [[Category:1878 deaths|Fries, Elias Magnus]] [[Category:People connected to Lund University|Fries, E]] [[Category:People from Småland|Fries, E]] [[cs:Elias Magnus Fries]] [[de:Elias Magnus Fries]] [[es:Elias Magnus Fries]] [[fr:Elias Magnus Fries]] [[fy:Elias Magnus Fries]] [[it:Elias Magnus Fries]] [[nl:Elias Magnus Fries]] [[ja:エリーアス・フリース]] [[pl:Elias Magnus Fries]] [[pt:Elias Magnus Fries]] [[ru:Фрис, Элиас Магнус]] [[sv:Elias Fries]]