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Olof Peter Swartz (21 September 1760 – 19 September 1818) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes.
Olof (Peter) Swartz, born 1760 in Norrköping, Sweden, died 1818 in Stockholm, Sweden, botanist and taxonomist. Studied under Linnaeus at the University of Uppsala; visited England in 1786 - 1787 to study Natural History collections at the British Museum.
Botanist, Taxonomist. Nationality: Swedish. born in: Ostergotland, Sweden. born in Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden; attended the University of Uppsala where he studied under Carolus Linnaeus the Younger. secretary to Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The Swedish botanist Olof Peter Swartz (1760–1818), a student of Carl Peter Thunberg and Carl Linnaeus the Younger at Uppsala University, developed an interest in mosses and lichens, which he made the subject of his medical dissertation.
- David J. Galloway
- 2013
Olof Peter Swartz (21 September 1760 – 19 September 1818) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olof Swartz has received more than 33,537 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia.
Jul 24, 2023 · Olof Peter Swartz was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes. He attended the University of Uppsala where he studied under Carolus Linnaeus the Younger and received his doctorate in 1781.
BM material includes algae and mosses and specimens from the Azores and Siberia in addition to the more familiar material from Sweden and the West Indies. A number of phanerogam and pteridophyte isotypes are present, mainly acquired with Banks' herbarium (donated 1827) where Swartz worked in 1786.
