Johans Linder (1678 - March 24, 1724) was a Swedish botanist and medical doctor who was laterennobled as Lindestolpe.[1] He wrote a book about natural dyes and their sources including plants, insects, and minerals.[2]
He was born 1678 inKarlstad, Sweden and went to university inUppsala with his first thesis titledDe pomis hesperidum ("On the Apple of the Hesperides") in 1702.[1] He defended a second thesis in 1705 titledDe Foeda lue venerea dicta translated in 1713 into Swedish asTankar om then smittosamma sjukom franzoser ("Thoughts about the very infectious French disease syphilis").[1] He encouraged other doctors to aid those inflicted withsyphilis, 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.[1]
The genusLindera, spicebush, is named for him, dedicated to him byCarl Peter Thunberg in 1783.[1][4]
Linder married twice, first to Anna Öhrner and then to Eva Christina Cronhielm in 1720.[1]He died March 24, 1724 inStockholm.[1]
