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Pehr Osbeck. Osbeckia chinensis, drawn by Osbeck. 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 .
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.
Pehr Osbeck later settled near Göteborg, where he was vice-pastor of Hasslöf and Våxtorp (1758), later vicar (1760) and, finally, dean (1778). He was appointed a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1758).The genera Osbeckia L. and Osbeckiastrum Naudin, both in the Melastomataceae, commemorate Pehr Osbeck.
Jan 1, 2000 · Pehr Osbeck, a pupil of Carl Linnaeus, recorded extensive lists of species of various organism groups in beech forests during the 18th century in southern Halland (OSBECK 1996, FRITZ 2000....
Osbeck's Dagbok Ofwer en Ostindsk Resa. OSBECK'S DAGBOK OFWER EN OSTINDSK RESA. E. D. MERRILL. Pehr Osbeck, according to Pritzel, was born at Oset, Sweden, May 9, I723, and died at Hasslof, Sweden, December 23, I805. He had attended the University of Upsala, where he had received in-. struction in natural history from Linnaeus.
iFACTS | Pehr Osbeck. iFACTS. 9 May 1723. Oset, Hålanda, Västergötland, Sweden. 23 December 1805. Hasslöv, Sweden. Grave-stone, Hasslöv’s churchyard, simple stone with carved inscription ‘P.O. 1761.’ (The stone is believed to has been carved by himself during this year). In connection to this carved stone a memorial stone was erected ...
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På svenska! 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 chaplain at K. G. Tessin and curator of the natural history collections at the castle of Läckö 1752 ...
