Christopher Tärnström
Christopher Tärnström (* 1711 in Funbo , Uppland , Sweden ; † December 4, 1746 on Pulo Candor , Côn Đảo Islands Vietnam ) was a Swedish botanist and Protestant pastor. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Tärnström ".
Life
He first studied theology at Uppsala University . There he met Carl von Linné (Linnaeus) know. In 1739 he came to Östhammar as a Protestant pastor . In 1741 he went to Vaxholm .
In 1746, through the mediation of Linnaeus, he got a job as a pastor on the Kalmar ship . The ship of the Swedish East India Company was on its way to Canton in China . There he was supposed to collect samples for Linnaeus, so he was considered the first of the Linnaeus apostles .
On the way there, the ship had to wait for the end of the monsoon at the island of Pulo Candor (also: Poulo Candor , Con Son ). Tärnström fell ill there and died without ever having seen China.
His diary to Vietnam was published under the title: En resa mellan Europa och Sydostasien in 1746 .
Honor taxon
In his memory, Linnaeus dedicated the species Ternstroemia from the genus Pentaphylacaceae to him .
literature
Söderpalm, K. 2005. Christopher Tärnström's Journal. En resa mellan Europa och Sydostasien år 1746 (A Passage between Europe and East Asia in the year 1746). The Mundus Linnæi Series, No. 1. IK Foundation & Company.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Christopher Tärnström at the IPNI
- Correspondence between Christopher Tärnström and Carl von Linné
- Short biography
- Info on Christopher Tärnström's Journal (Swedish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tärnström, Christopher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1711 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Funbo |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 4, 1746 |
| Place of death | Con Son |