Edvard August Vainio

Edvard August Vainio (born Edvard Lang; Lang received his Candidate of Philosophy in 1874 and began work on his licentiate degree.

During his time as a graduate student, Vainio, who had by now given up his original surname, Cover of Vainio's 1888 popular travel account Matkustus Brasiliassa. Kuvaus luonnosta ja kansoista Brasiliassa

Work in Finland As well as his scholarly work published later, Vainio published in Finnish a popular account of his travels in Brazil, Matkustus Brasiliassa. Kuvaus luonnosta ja kansoista Brasiliassa ("Travels in Brazil. A Description of Nature and Travels in Brazil") (1888). The same year, at the instigation of Alvar Palmgren, Vainio was commissioned by the Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica to continue work on Lichenographia Fennica, a seven-part book series about Finnish lichens. Vainio had already published the first volume dealing with "Pyrenolichens" in 1921. Knowing that because of his age he had only limited time left to complete a multi-volume series, he started work on the harder groups, confident that in the event of his death the easier groups could be handled by other researchers. |group=note Because of his significant contributions to the knowledge of the family Graphidaceae in the Philippines, he has also been called the "Father of Philippine lichenology".

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