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Pehr Osbeck (1723 – 23 December 1805) was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Hålanda on Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus .
Osbeck was a very industrious person and during his almost 50 years in Hasslöv - besides his priesthood duties - he had time for observations concerning; botany, zoology and social circumstances on the countryside of the county Halland.
May 20, 2008 · A voyage to China and the East Indies. by. Osbeck, Pehr, 1723-1805; Torn, Olof, 1718-1753; Ekeberg, Carl Gustav, 1716-1784; Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798. Publication date. 1771. Topics. Voyages and travels, Natural history -- China, China -- Description and travel. Publisher.
Mar 5, 2014 · A Voyage to China and the East Indies. Together with a Voyage to Suratte, and an Account of the Chinese Husbandry, to Which Are Added, a Faunula and Flora Sinensis. , pp. 1 - 36.
Handwritings. Historical Botanical collections. Department of Phanerogamic Botany. Swedish Museum of Natural History. Pehr Osbeck: born 1723 in the crofter's cottage Os in Hålanda parish in Västergötland, student in Uppsala 1745, chaplain with the Svenska Ostindiska kompaniet and traveled 1750-1752 to China with the ship "Prins Carl", family ...
Biography. Swedish clergyman and naturalist from Oset, Västergötland, who was a student of Linnaeus. He was employed as a chaplain for the Svenska Ostindiska Companiet (Swedish East India Company) and joined the voyage in the Prins Carl (1750-1752).
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Jun 28, 2008 · On the basis of Osbeck's and Linnaeus's correspondence in 1752, which is briefly discussed, Osbeck's conveyance of his collections, and Linnaeus's subsequent incorporation of the new species into his Species Plantarum, are illustrated.
