I. Adam, a Swedish naturalist, born in West Gothland, Oct. 18, 1750, died Jan. 30, 1836. He was a pupil of Linnaeus. In 1792 he visited the English colony of Sierra Leone, and made some valuable collections illustrating the botany of the west coast of Africa. After his return in 1794 he was secretary of the Swedish embassy at London, and in 1812 be-came professor of materia medica at Upsal. He wrote several works on botany, and published the autobiography of Linnaeus.

II. Arvid Augnst, a Swedish author, born at Brod-detorp, May G, 1785, died in Enkjoping, Sept. 25, 1871, where he was pastor for 49 years. With Geijer he published Svenska Folkvisor ("Swedish Folk Songs," 3 vols., Stockholm, 1814-'15), of which a selection appeared in German (Berlin, 1830). He is also the author of a collection of original poems in the style of the ancient ballads, wrote a tragedy, translated into Swedish the Hervarar Saga and the Samundar Edda, and prepared with the assistance of Rask an Icelandic edition of the latter. His principal work is Sven-ska Folkets Sagahafder (1839-'70), ending with Charles XII. Ludwig Tieck wrote a preface to Ungewitter's German translation of the first 3 vols, of this work (Volkssagen und Volkslie-der am Sehwedens alterer und neuerer Zeit, Leipsic, 1842).