Dahl, Andreas

1751 - Anders Dahl was born on the 17th of March, a Swedish botanist and student of Carolus Linnaeus.

1770 - Dahl entered Uppsala University as a freshman.

He worked in Gothenburg as curator of the private natural museum and botanic garden of Claes Alströmer.

1786 - Received a medical doctor's degree at the University of Kiel, Germany.

1787 - He started to teach medicine and botany at the university in Academy of Åbo.

The dahlia flower is named after him.