Honour Famous Men

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23850, 28 December 1940, Page 3 (Supplement)

Honour Famous Men

YOUNGER The other four stamps celebrate the 200t'n anniversary of the foundation of the Swedish Royal Academy of Science, which was established by leading Swedish scientists. One of its founders and its first president was Carl Linnaeus, who contributed more to the science of botany than any other man. Linnaeus, _ who was ennobled in 1757 as Carl von Linne, the first scientist to be thus honoured in Sweden, is shown on the 15 ore (red-brown) and 50 ore stamps, (nmwppniwovvi Linnaeus was ; born at Rashult, in 1 Smaland Province, ! in 1707, and while ; still a child was interested in herbs 1 and plants, and be- < came a keen, young ! gardener. He studied Lund and. T7psala Universities, and later concentrated on botany and natural history. in which he became a lecturer. His pupils travelled to many parts of the world in search of knowledge, and one even accompanied Sir Joseph Banks on Captain Cook's voyage to the "South Seas" in 1770. The first permanent secretary of tne Swedish Academy of Science, some years later, was Baron J. J. ;; Berzelius, who is also honoured on two stamps — i 10 ore (violet) and 30 ore (blue).