Anders Dahl

Anders Dahl (March 17, 1751 - May 25, 1789), Swedish botanist. The dahlia flower is named after him.

In 1770, he entered Uppsala University as a freshman (Carolus Linnaeus died in 1778). After receiving the bachelor's degree, he worked in Gothenburg as curator of the private natural museum and botanic garden of K. Alstr�mer. In 1786 he received a medical doctor's degree at the University of Kiel, Germany. In 1787 he started to teach medicine and botany at the university in Academy of �bo (today's University of Helsinki).

Dahl was a renowned botanist, the publisher of Observationes botanic� circa Systema vegetabilium divi a Linn�.

Note: In 1751, Sweden still used the Julian calendar, so the birth date might be off by 10 days.\n