Membership in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1748)
Scientific career
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Agronomy
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First woman in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: full member 1748–51, honorary member 1751–86
Eva Ekeblad (née De la Gardie; 10 July 1724 – 15 May 1786) was a Swedish agriculturist and salon hostess. She discovered a method to make alcohol and flour from potatoes, significantly reducing Sweden's incidence of famine. She became the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
EvaEkeblad (née De la Gardie; 10 July 1724 – 15 May 1786) was a Swedish agriculturist and salon hostess. She discovered a method to make alcohol and...
Ekeblad is a surname for a noble family from Sweden. Notable people with the surname include: EvaEkeblad (1724–1786), Swedish agronomist, scientist,...
the political salonist Hedvig Catharina Lilje, and sister of scientist EvaEkeblad. She married the riksråd count Axel von Fersen the Elder in 1752. Hedvig...
Christie-Linde (1870–1953), zoologist Jonas C. Dryander (1748–1810), botanist EvaEkeblad (1724–1786), agronomist Erik Leonard Ekman (1883–1931), botanist Elias...
a metaphysical basis for Newtonian physics. 1748: Swedish agronomist EvaEkeblad became the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences...
Alexander von Eggers Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart EvaEkeblad Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher George Engelmann Adolf Engler Katherine Esau...
personality Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie (1723–1763), heroine EvaEkeblad née Eva De la Gardie, (1724–1786), scientist Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie...
within the artistic professions, and women were officially recognized: EvaEkeblad was inducted in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Ulrika Pasch in...
appointment of a woman to the directorship of a scientific academy. EvaEkeblad became the first woman inducted into the Royal Swedish Academy of Science...
University Press. p. 53. ISBN 9780192807182. 1748 EvaEkeblad. Riksarkivet Band 12 (1949), p.637 "EvaEkeblad". www.bgf.nu. Archived from the original on 14...
are driven from the Italian city-state, but return a few months later. EvaEkeblad reports her discovery, of how to make flour and alcohol from potatoes...
Catharina Lilje and became the father of Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie, EvaEkeblad and Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie. He died in Stockholm in 1741. "Magnus...
between the buildings. From 1740 to 1786, it was the home of Countess EvaEkeblad (1724– 1786), the daughter of Count Magnus Julius De la Gardie (1668–1741)...
the first female foreign member and its second female member, after EvaEkeblad. The Evan Williams (bourbon) distillery is founded in Bardstown, Kentucky...
nephew of EvaEkeblad and grandson of General Hans Reinhold Fersen. Axel was the second of four children; he had two sisters, Hedvig Eleonora and Eva Sophie...
June 8 – John Smeaton, English civil engineer (died 1792) July 10 – EvaEkeblad, Swedish agronomist, first woman in the Swedish Royal Academy of Science...
ladies-in-waiting; the intellectual Cathérine Charlotte De la Gardie, the scientist EvaEkeblad, and the witty Anders Johan von Höpken. From the moment she arrived in...
William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1780) 1724 – EvaEkeblad, Swedish noble and agronomist (d. 1786) 1752 – St. George Tucker, United...
Machine) by Julien Offray de La Mettrie. Copley Medal: James Bradley EvaEkeblad becomes the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences...
Frederica of Baden, from 1795 to 1805. Born to count Claes Ekeblad the Younger and EvaEkeblad, she married count Carl Gustaf Piper in 1769. The marriage...
the first female foreign member and its second female member, after EvaEkeblad. The Evan Williams (bourbon) distillery is founded in Bardstown, Kentucky...
are driven from the Italian city-state, but return a few months later. EvaEkeblad reports her discovery, of how to make flour and alcohol from potatoes...
July 2 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803) July 10 – EvaEkeblad, Swedish scientist (d. 1786) August 3 – Alvise Foscari, Venetian admiral...
public lectures in Edinburgh. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences makes EvaEkeblad its first female member. Construction of the Sveaborg fortification begins...
Marggraf (1709–1782) is credited with describing zinc as a separate metal. EvaEkeblad discovers how to make flour and alcohol out of potatoes. Jean-Étienne...
1723) May 4 – Leonardo Ximenes, Tuscan polymath (born 1716) May 15 – EvaEkeblad, agronomist, first woman in the Swedish Royal Academy of Science (born...
July 2 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803) July 10 – EvaEkeblad, Swedish scientist (d. 1786) August 3 – Alvise Foscari, Venetian admiral...
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