Anton Rolandsson Martin
Anton Rolandsson Martin (born August 3 . Jul / 14. August 1729 greg. Gut Müntenhof in White Stone , Estonia ; † 30th January 1785 in Turku ) was a Swedish polar explorer and botanist.
Life
Martin began his studies at the Royal Academy in Åbo . He received his doctorate on June 22, 1757 under Carl von Linné on the subject of Buxbaumia .
Linnaeus put him in 1758 on a whaler so that he could investigate the polar region. However, he could only stay a few days on Svalbard and then explored Norway . He is considered to be the first Swedish polar explorer. After his return he worked as a tutor in Finland.
His diary was published in 1881 under the title Dagbok vid en resa till Norrpolen eller Spitsbergen 1758 .
Works
- Dagbok hållen vid en resa till Norrpolen eller Spitsbergen, på K. Vetenskaps-Akademiens omkostnad och med ett Grönländska Compagniet i Göteborg tillhörande skepp år 1758 (In: Årsboken Ymer, Volume 1, 1881)
swell
- Svenska Familj journals . Volume VII, årgång 1868
- Short biography
- Linnés lärjungar ( Memento from July 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Swedish)
Web links
- Correspondence between Anton Rolandsson Martin and Carl von Linné
- Dissertation by Anton Rolandsson Martin (3 MB; PDF file)
- Gut Müntenhof
- Entry in Nordisk familjebok , Volume 17, 1912, columns 1106-1107
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of the community Weißenstein (Estonian: Paide kogudus)
- ↑ Entry in the burial register of the Swedish community in Åbo (Swedish: Åbo svenska församling)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Anton Rolandsson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish polar explorer and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1729 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Müntenhof near Weißenstein , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1785 |
| Place of death | Åbo |