List of students of Linnaeus
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naturalist
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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...
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), professor
Professor
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of Medicine
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at Uppsala University
Uppsala University
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from 1741 until 1777, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
and also had a deep indirect influence through his many students.
Individuals in bold italics were Apostles of Linnaeus
Apostles of Linnaeus
The Apostles of Linnaeus were a group of students who carried out botanical and zoological expeditions throughout the world that were either devised or approved by botanist Carl Linnaeus. The expeditions took place during the latter half of the 18th century and the students were designated...
, Linnaeus' most promising and committed students who made botanical expeditions to various places in the world.
See also: Peter Artedi
Peter Artedi
Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius was a Swedish naturalist and is known as the "father of Ichthyology."...
(1705-1735), naturalist and friend of Linnaeus, called "the father of Ichthyology
Ichthyology
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- Erik AchariusErik AchariusErik Acharius was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology"....
- Adam AfzeliusAdam AfzeliusAdam Afzelius was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Afzelius was born at Larv in Västergötland in 1750. He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Uppsala University in 1777, and in 1785 demonstrator of botany...
- Carl Fredrik Adler
- Johann BeckmannJohann BeckmannJohann Beckmann was a German scientific author and coiner of the word technology, to mean the science of trades. He was the first man to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject....
- Andreas Berlin
- Anders DahlAnders DahlAnders Dahl was a Swedish botanist and student of Carolus Linnaeus. The dahlia flower is named after him.In 1770, Dahl entered Uppsala University as a freshman ....
- Jonas Carlsson DryanderJonas Carlsson DryanderJonas Carlsson Dryander was a Swedish botanist.Dryander was born in Gothenburg. He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University. He arrived in London on 10 July 1777...
- Jakob Friedrich EhrhartJakob Friedrich EhrhartJakob Friedrich Ehrhart was a German botanist, a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later Director of the Botanical Garden of Hannover, where he produced several major botanical works between 1780–1793...
- Johan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
- Johan Peter FalckJohan Peter FalckJohann Peter Falck was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.Falck was born in Kockstorp, Västergötland. He studied at the University of Uppsala under Carolus Linnaeus....
- Peter ForsskålPeter ForsskålPeter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl, was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Early life:...
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- Leonard GyllenhaalLeonard GyllenhaalLeonard Gyllenhaal was a Swedish military officer and entomologist.Born on the Ribbingsberg manor in Västergötland in west Sweden, Leonard Gyllenhaal was son of an army officer and belonged to a family of the lower nobility...
- Birger Martin Hall
- Fredric HasselquistFredric HasselquistFredric Hasselquist was a Swedish traveller and naturalist.Hasselquist was born at Törnevalla, which is two kilometers east of Linghem, Östergötland...
- Pehr KalmPehr KalmPehr Kalm was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus...
- Johann Gerhard KönigJohann Gerhard KönigJohann Gerhard König was a Baltic German botanist and physician.He was born near Kreutzburg in Polish Livonia, which is now Krustpils in Latvia. He was a private pupil of Carolus Linnaeus in 1757, and lived in Denmark from 1759 to 1767. From 1773 to 1785, he worked as a naturalist for the Nawab of...
- Adam KuhnAdam KuhnAdam Kuhn was an American physician and naturalist, and one of the earliest professors of medicine in a North American university....
- Pehr LöflingPehr LöflingPehr Löfling was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Biography:Löfling was born in Tolvfors Bruk, Gävle , Sweden. He studied at the University of Uppsala where he attended courses taught by Carolus Linnaeus...
- Erik Gustaf Lidbeck
- Anton Rolandsson Martin
- Pehr OsbeckPehr OsbeckPehr Osbeck was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Naturalist in Canton:He was born in the parish of Hålanda in Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus...
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- Daniel RolanderDaniel RolanderDaniel Rolander was a Swedish biologist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.Rolander was born in Hälleberga, Småland, Sweden and studied at Uppsala University where he came under the influence of Linnaeus. In 1755, Rolander went to Surinam to study and collect plants, which he sent back to Sweden...
- Göran RothmanGöran RothmanGöran Rothman , was a Swedish naturalist, physician and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Biography:...
- Daniel SolanderDaniel SolanderDaniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil.-Biography:...
- Anders Erikson Sparrman
- Christopher Tärnström
- Peter Gustaf TengmalmPeter Gustaf TengmalmPeter Gustaf Tengmalm was a Swedish physician and naturalist.Tengmalm was born in Stockholm and studied medicine at Uppsala University. He spent his spare time studying birds and became an accomplished taxidermist. He graduated in 1785 and moved to the town of Eskilstuna, where he worked as the...
- Carl Peter ThunbergCarl Peter ThunbergCarl Peter Thunberg aka Carl Pehr Thunberg aka Carl Per Thunberg was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He has been called "the father of South African botany" and the "Japanese Linnaeus"....
- Anders Tidström
- Olof Torén
- Martin VahlMartin VahlMartin Henrichsen Vahl was a Danish-Norwegian botanist and zoologist.He studied botany in Copenhagen and in Uppsala under Carolus Linnaeus. He edited Flora Danica fasc. XVI-XXI , Symbolæ Botanicæ I-III , Eclogæ Americanæ I-IV and Enumeratio Plantarum I-II...