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Carl Peter Thunberg
Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg, was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala University, he spent seven years travelling in southern Africa and Asia, collecting and describing many plants and animals new to European science, and observing local cultures. He has been called…
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science · Swedish naturalist (1743–1828) · botanist · explorer · pteridologist · bryologist · writer · zoologist · ornithologist · physician · university teacher · lepidopterist · also Carl Peter Thunberg, Thunb., Thunberg
Born 11 November 1743 · Died 8 August 1828 · Q39658
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Died 1828-08-08.
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Became correspondent, and in 1823 an associate member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands
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His Icones Plantarum Japonicarum in 1805, and his Flora Capensis in 1813
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Born 1743-11-11.
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