Education
Following in his father"s footsteps, Fries studied botany, obtaining his doctoral degree in 1857 at Uppsala.
Botanist mycologist university professor
Following in his father"s footsteps, Fries studied botany, obtaining his doctoral degree in 1857 at Uppsala.
His most notable work was Lichenographia scandinavica (1871–1874). He also produced a two volume biography of Carl Linnaeus (1903).
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1865 and professor of botany and applied economics at Uppsala in 1877.