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niyad

(120,281 posts)
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 11:13 AM Jul 2017

google doodle today-Countess Eva Ekeblad (agronomist, flour and alcohol from potatoes)


Born 10 July 1724
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 15 May 1786 (aged 61)
Skaraborg County, Sweden
Residence Stockholm and Västergötland
Citizenship Swedish
Fields Agronomy
Known for Making flour and alcohol from potatoes (1746)
Influenced Reduced hunger by making potatoes a basic food
Notable awards Membership in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1748)
Notes
First woman in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: full member 1748–51, honorary member 1751–86

Eva Ekeblad (née Eva De la Gardie; 10 July 1724 – 15 May 1786) was a Swedish Salonist and countess as well as agronomist and scientist. She was widely known for discovering a method in 1746 to make flour and alcohol from potatoes, the latter which left other more scarce grains to food production, significantly reducing Sweden's incidence of famine.

Ekeblad was the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1748).[1][2][3]
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google doodle today-Countess Eva Ekeblad (agronomist, flour and alcohol from potatoes) (Original Post) niyad Jul 2017 OP
I do write these departments, but I fear they don't understand the big words I use. DK504 Jul 2017 #1

DK504

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1. I do write these departments, but I fear they don't understand the big words I use.
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 11:18 AM
Jul 2017

I ❤️ her. Potatoes and vodka....yea!

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