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Jul 25, 2021 · Search Solander family obituaries and memoriams on Legacy.com. There are 30 obituaries and memoriams for the surname Solander.
Born in Piteå, northern Sweden, naturalist Daniel Solander (1733-1782) is primarily remembered for his scientific contributions during James Cook's first voyage. Solander was invited aboard the expedition by friend and fellow naturalist Joseph Banks. The pair spent their round-the-world travels aboard HMS Endeavour (also known as HM Bark ...
Solander Name Meaning. Swedish: ornamental or habitational name composed of the element sol ‘sun’ (also from placenames, such as Solberg) + the suffix -ander, derived from Greek anēr (genitive andros) ‘man’. History: The surname of Daniel Solander (1733–82), a Swedish naturalist and James Cook's botanist, was made from Solimontanus ...
Feb 19, 2021 · February 19, 2021. Daniel Solander, a Swedist botanist, was born Feb. 19, 1733. Solander trained under the great Carl Linnaeus in Uppsala and moved to England in 1760, thereby becoming one of the many Linnaean "apostles" who helped put Linnaean taxonomy into practice. Solander began working for the British Museum, distinguishing himself well ...
Jan 12, 2021 · Daniel Solander (1733–82) was a student of the noted naturalist Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University in the 1750s. He travelled to London in 1760, became engaged in cataloguing natural history collections in the Linnaean system and worked as assistant librarian at the British Museum from 1763. The following year he was appointed a fellow of ...
Solander died at Banks' home in Soho Square of a stroke, aged 49, on 13 May 1782. An autopsy was performed the next day, and revealed a brain hemorrhage. He is buried in the Swedish Section at Brookwood Cemetery. Legacy Solander, by John Flaxman Jr, c. 1778, Wedgwood jasperware
National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an10028416. Daniel Solander (1733-1782), naturalist, was born on 19 February 1733 at Piteä in Norrland, Sweden, the son of Rev. Carl Solander and Magdalena, née Bostadia. Although baptized Daniel, Solander later adopted his father's name with the suffix 'son' as an extra Christian name and he recorded ...
