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Pehr Kalm (6 March 1716 – 16 November 1779), also known as Peter Kalm, was a Swedish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of the most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus .
Jan 21, 2008 · Pehr Kalm, botanist (b in Sweden 6 Mar 1716; d in Finland 16 Nov 1779). Kalm was educated in Finland and Sweden. He met the leading European naturalist, Linnaeus, in 1741, and under his influence became an expert on botanical applications to agriculture.
Pehr Kalm (1716-1779), whose name is sometimes found in English as Peter Kalm, was the son of a Lutheran minister. He was born in Angermanland, Sweden, in 1716, and attended college in Finland before moving to Uppsala University in Sweden in 1740.
- Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779
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- AJ-117b
- Travels into North America [volume 2]
Pehr Kalm (1717–1789) is best known for his account of his travels in North America, where he gathered plants for Linnaeus and observed New World peoples and natural history from the Delaware River Valley to Quebec and west to Niagara Falls.
- Karen Reeds
- 2016
Mar 27, 2024 · Kalm wrote an account of his travels that was translated into numerous European languages; a 20th-century translation remains in print in English as Peter Kalm's Travels in North America: The English Version of 1770, translated by Swedish-American scholar Adolph B. Benson.
- "Pietari", "Peter", "Per", "Pehr"
- March 06, 1716
Jan 4, 2002 · When the English translation of the journal appeared about twenty years after Kalm had returned to Sweden, both Franklin and members of the Colden family expressed annoyance at some of the statements he had attributed to them.
Apr 1, 2006 · Pehr Kalm served as Carolus Linnaeus’ eyes and ears in the New World (the American Colonies and French Canada) for three years in the mid 18th Century. Kalm was one of the first of many disciples to serve his mentor in his quest to classify everything animal, vegetable, and mineral for his all-encompassing inventory catalog, Systema Naturae.
