Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch
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Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch (3 March 1770 – 30 August 1811, Vänersborg
) was a soldier
, artist and naturalist
.
Palmstruch was a Swedish
captain of cavalry. Known as the Swedish Sowerby
he published two vast works of natural history
, Svensk Botanik et Svensk Zoologi.
Vänersborg
Vänersborg is a locality and the seat of Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 21,672 inhabitants in 2005. Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which was dissolved in 1998. Since 1999 Vänersborg is the seat of the regional parliament of Västra Götaland County...
) was a soldier
Soldier
A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
, artist and naturalist
Naturalist
Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...
.
Palmstruch was a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
captain of cavalry. Known as the Swedish Sowerby
Sowerby
The Sowerby family was a British family of four generations of naturalists, illustrators, botanists, and zoologists.*James Sowerby **James De Carle Sowerby **George Brettingham Sowerby I...
he published two vast works of natural history
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
, Svensk Botanik et Svensk Zoologi.
External links
- BDH Digital Svensk Botanik' from the Biodiversity Heritage Library