Johan Linder Explained

Johans Linder (1678 - March 24, 1724) was a Swedish botanist and doctor who was later ennobled as Lindestolpe.^[1] He wrote a book about natural dyes and their sources including plants, insects, and minerals.^[2]

He was born 1676 in Karlstad, Sweden and went to university in Uppsala with his first thesis titled De pomis hesperidum ("On the Apple of the Hesperides") in 1702. He defended a second thesis in 1705 titled De Foeda lue venerea dicta translated in 1713 into Swedish as Tankar om then smittosamma sjukom franzoser ("Thoughts about the very infectious French disease syphilis"). He encouraged other doctors to aid those inflicted with syphilis, rather than embarrass then with "moral preaching", although at the time there was little they could do to help.^[3]

He was appointed a member of the Medical College in 1719 the same year he was ennobled as Lindestolpe.

The genus Lindera, spicebush, is named for him, dedicated to him by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1783.^[4]

Linder married twice, first to Anna Öhrner and then to Eva Christina Cronhielm in 1720.He died March 24, 1724 in Stockholm.

Books

• De Venenis In Genere, & in Specie Exercitatio, published in 1708 under the name Johannis Linder.^[5]
• Flora Wiksbergensis which was the forth book to be published on Swedish flora. It was first published in 1716 under the name Johan Linders.
• Liber De Venenis : In Ordinem Redactus Corollariis Animadversionibus Et Indice Illustratus 1739 under the name Lindestolpe Med. Doct.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Durtsche. Richard D.. Thieret. John W.. Johan Linder (Lindestolpe) (1676-1724), Eponym of the Generic Name Linder a Thunberg (Plantae: Lauraceae) . Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science . 2005 . v.66:no.1 (2005:Spring) . 44-47 . 3 March 2024 . The Academy. 10.3101/1098-7096(2005)66[44:JLLEOT]2.0.CO;2 .
2. Book: Silk and Tea in the North: Scandinavian Trade and the Market for Asian Goods in Eighteenth-Century Europe . 9781137455444 . Hodacs . Hanna . 17 May 2016 . Springer .
3. Book: Ajanki . Tord . Medicinal Reading: Of genius, pure chance and dedicated hard work . 1 June 1995 . CRC Press . 978-91-86274-61-0 . 150,152,162-163 . 7 April 2024 . en.
4. Book: The Etymology of Chemical Names: Tradition and Convenience vs. Rationality in Chemical Nomenclature . 8 October 2019 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG . 9783110611243 .
5. Web site: De Venenis In Genere, & in Specie Exercitatio Dickinson College . archives.dickinson.edu . 7 April 2024.
6. Web site: 'Jo. Lindestolpe Med. Doct. Liber De Venenis : In Ordinem Redactus Corollariis Animadversionibus Et Indice Illustratus' - Details MDZ . www.digitale-sammlungen.de . 7 April 2024.