Elisabeth Christina von Linné
Deceased Person
1743 – 1782
Who was Elisabeth Christina von Linné?
Elisabeth Christina von Linné, was a Swedish botanist, daughter of Carl von Linné and Sara Elisabeth Moræa.
Linné is referred to as the first female botanist in Sweden in a modern sense, despite not having received any formal education. It was she who first described the optic phenomenon in which the Tropaeolum majus appears to send out small bursts of lightning, now named the Elizabeth Linnæus Phenomenon after her. She published her observations on the topic in a paper for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1762, aged 19.
Linné was married and had two children.
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- 1743
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- Nationality
- Sweden
- Died
- 1782
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on July 23, 2013
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