Linnaeus apostle

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As Apostles of Linnaeus 17 students from are Carl Linnaeus called, which he called plant collector sent to all parts of the world. Carl von Linné himself first used the term in 1750. It was the year in which he began his tenure as rector of Uppsala University .

history

The first trips were made possible thanks to the commitment of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin . He required the Swedish East India Company to allow a young scientist to travel on board their ships free of charge every year . The then director of the Swedish East India Company Magnus Lagerström , himself an avid supporter of the natural sciences, agreed. He paid special attention to each of the young travelers and personally recommended them for the care of the captains of the ships with which they traveled.

Not all of the students placed by Linnaeus were able to successfully complete their assignment. Linnaeus' first student who was sent on a trip did not survive the hardships: Christopher Tärnström , who set out for China from Gothenburg in 1745 , died at the end of the same year as a result of the unfamiliar climate.

Other of his students, e.g. B. Daniel Solander and Anders Sparrman , both of whom took part in James Cook's expeditions, or Carl Peter Thunberg enriched our knowledge of the earth's flora to a great extent through their extensive finds and descriptions .

Overview of the "apostles" Linnaeus and their travels

† = died on the trip

Surname Beginning return Destinations
Christopher Tärnström 1745 † China
Pehr Kalm 1748 1751 America
Olof Torén 1748 1752 Java , China
Carl Fredrik Adler 1748 1761 † China , India , Java
Fredrik Hasselquist 1749 † Middle East
Pehr Osbeck 1750 1752 China
Pehr Löfling 1751 † Spain , South America
Daniel Rolander 1754 1756 South America
Anton Rolandsson Martin 1758 1758 Arctic , Norway
Peter Forsskål 1761 † Arabia
Johan Peter Falck 1768 † Siberia
Daniel Solander 1768 1772 1. James Cook circumnavigated the world , 1772: Iceland , Hebrides , Orkney
Andreas Berlin 1772 † Sierra Leone
Carl Peter Thunberg 1772 1779 South Africa , Java , Japan , Ceylon
Sparrman is different 1772 1776 2. James Cook circumnavigated the world
Goran Rothman 1773 1776 Libya , Tunisia , (1765: Åland )
Adam Afzelius 1792 1796 Sierra Leone

literature

  • The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science and Adventure . 8 volumes, IK Foundation & Co Ltd., ISBN 978-1-904145-26-4 .

swell

  • Wilfrid Blunt : The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus . 2001, pp. 185-197. ISBN 0-7112-1841-2
  • Dietrich Heinrich Stöver: The Life of Sir Charles Linnaeus . London, 1794

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilfrid Blunt : The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus . P. 185.
  2. ^ Dietrich Heinrich Stöver: The Life of Sir Charles Linnaeus . London, 1794, pp. 173f.

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