Karl Peter Thunberg     (1743 - 1828)




Image of Karl Peter Thunberg from J. Dörfler (1906 - 1907) Botaniker Porträts
Karl Peter Thunberg

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Biography
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Selected publications

Biography

1761     studied medicine in Uppsala, botany with Linnaeus

1770     finishes medical studies, in Paris

1771 - 1778     travelling with Dutch merchants, he journeys to South Africa, Java, Sri Lanka and Japan, collecting plants for the Amsterdam botanical gardens

1772     earns MD (in absentia?)

1777     appointed demonstrator at the Uppsala botanical garden

1779     returns to Sweden, holds an ascending series of positions at Uppsala
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Sources

Heinrich Dörfelt & Heike Heklau (1998) Die Geschichte der Mykologie
      (Die Geschichte der Mykologie)



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Selected Publications

Karl Peter Thunberg (1784) Flora Japonica (Plants of Japan)


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