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Olof Celsius
Olof Celsius (the elder) (19 July 1670 – 24 June 1756) was a Swedish botanist, philologist and clergyman, He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. Celsius was a mentor of the botanist and scientist Carl Linnaeus. Celsius wrote his most famous book on biblical plants, "Hierobotanicon", in 1745-47.
Olof Celsius's nephew Anders Celsius was an astronomer who invented a temperature scale where 100 represented the freezing point of water and 0 represented the boiling point. Jean-
Lieutenant-Colonel Olof von Celse.
Notable Celsius family members.
- Magnus Celsius (1621–1679)
- Nils Celsius (1658–1724)
- Johan Celsius (1660–1710)
- Olof Celsius (1670–1756),
- Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
- Olof Celsius (the younger) (1716–1794)