The Old Dog Barks

When reading Heinlein’s “Citizen of the Galaxy” I always wondered where the family name Rudbeck came from. Rudbeck was the name Thorby, adopted son of Baslim the Cripple, assumed towards the end of the novel. I found a reference, and because at the time I was reading Flint and Weber’s 1934 where it also tied in, I found myself compelled to follow it to this:

Olaus Rudbeck (also known as Olof Rudbeck the Elder, to distinguish him from his son, and occasionally with the surname Latinized as Olaus Rudbeckius) (September 13, 1630 Västerås – December 12, 1702) was a Swedish scientist and writer, professor of medicine at Uppsala University and for several periods rector magnificus of the same university. He was the son of Bishop Johannes Rudbeckius, who was personal chaplain to King Gustavus Adolphus, and the father of botanist Olof Rudbeck the Younger.

It was chasing down links of interest from that Wiki entry that led me to the answer to a question on the Science Quiz (part #1) post about the kind of tree one might find in a churchyard, the yew.

I always think from any Wiki entry you can find a post about radar in 5 or fewer links. So far I have not been proven wrong, Doing it right you can probably find a connection to most anything in 5 or fewer links.