Andreas Berlin
Andreas (Anders) Henricsson Berlin (born May 20, 1746 in Nordviks gård , Ångermanland , † June 2, 1773 in Iles de Los , Guinea ) was a Swedish doctor and naturalist. He is considered one of the apostles of Linnaeus .
Live and act
Andreas Berlin was one of Carl von Linné's doctoral students . On December 17, 1766 he defended his dissertation under the title: Usus muscorum (The benefit of the moss species).
In 1772 he went to London to continue studying with Daniel Solander . In 1773 Solander placed him as an assistant to the entomologist Henry Smeathman (1742–1786). He was on his way to Africa in what is now Sierra Leone .
In April 1773 they reached Bunce Island , where the English had a trading post. From there they traveled on to Banana Islands . On June 2, 1773 Andreas Berlin died of a stomach disease on the Îles de Los west of Conakry , the capital of Guinea. He was therefore only able to send a few samples from his trip to Linnaeus.
Honor taxon
Daniel Solander named the genus Berlinia Sol in his honor . ex Hook.f. of the legume family (Fabaceae).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology . CRC Press Inc., 2000, p. 293. ISBN 0849326761
- ↑ Joseph Dalton Hooker : Flora Nigritana In: William Jackson Hooker : Niger Flora, Or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa, collected by the late Dr. Theodore Vogel . 1849, p. 326ff.
Web links
- Correspondence between Andreas Berlin and Carl von Linné
- Dissertation by Andreas Berlin ( Memento from July 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (4 MB; PDF file)
- Short biography
- Biography of Andreas Berlin (Swedish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berlin, Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berlin, Andreas Henricsson; Berlin, Anders Henricsson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordviks gård , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1773 |
| Place of death | Iles de Los , Guinea |