| Martin Henrichsen Vahl | |
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| Born | (1749-10-10)10 October 1749 Bergen, Norway |
| Died | 24 December 1804(1804-12-24) (aged 55) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish-Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | Botanist and zoologist |
| Scientific career | |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Vahl |
Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist.
Biography
Martin Vahl was born in Bergen, Norway and attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied botany at the University of Copenhagen and at Uppsala University under Carl Linnaeus. He edited Flora Danica fasc. XVI-XXI (1787–1799), Symbolæ Botanicæ I-III (1790–1794), Eclogæ Americanæ I-IV (1796–1807) and Enumeratio Plantarum I-II (1804–1805). He lectured at the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden from 1779 to 1782.
Vahl made several research trips in Europe and North Africa between 1783 and 1788. He became professor at the Society for Natural History at the University of Copenhagen in 1786 and was a full professor of botany from 1801 to his death. In 1792, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He died in Copenhagen, Denmark at age 55. His son Jens Vahl also became a botanist.
Authority name
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Vahl when citing a botanical name.
References
- International Plant Names Index
- Per M. Jørgensen (1999). "Martin Vahl (1749-1804) – den første norske botanikkprofessor" (PDF). Blyttia Norsk Botanisk Forenings Tidsskrift, volume 57, page 53. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4.
Other sources
- Christensen, Carl (1932) Martin Vahl, pp. 85–88 in: Meisen, V. Prominent Danish Scientists through the Ages. University Library of Copenhagen 450th Anniversary. Levin & Munksgaard, Copenhagen.
External links
Categories:- 19th-century Danish botanists
- Taxa named by Martin Vahl
- 1749 births
- 1804 deaths
- Danish bryologists
- Danish mycologists
- Danish phycologists
- Pteridologists
- Botanists active in Africa
- 18th-century Norwegian botanists
- People educated at the Bergen Cathedral School
- Uppsala University alumni
- University of Copenhagen alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 18th-century Danish botanists
- Scientists from Bergen
- Scientists from Denmark–Norway