Carl Adolph Agardh

Carl Adolph Agardh (January 13, 1785, Båstad, Sweden - January 28, 1859, Karlstad) was a Swedish botanist specializing in algae, who was eventually appointed bishop of Karlstad.

Agardh was appointed professor of botany and practical economy at Lund University in 1812, was ordained a clergyman in 1816 and received two parishes as prebend. He was a representative in the clerical chamber of the Swedish Parliament on several occasions from 1817, and was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1831.

He was rector magnificus of Lund University 1819-1820 and was appointed bishop of Karlstad in 1835, where he remained until his death. [cite encyclopedia | last =Eriksson | first =Gunnar | title =Agardh, Carl Adolph | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Scientific Biography | volume = 1 | pages =69-70 | publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons | location = New York | date = 1970 | isbn = 0684101149] He was the father of Jacob Georg Agardh, also a botanist.

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* [http://www.cosmovisions.com/Agardh.htm Short biography in French]
*http://www.biomus.lu.se/indexBe.html Lund University, Botanical Museum
*http://www.biomus.lu.se/indexBsamae.html Lund Museum - Collections: algae