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Pehr Löfling (31 January 1729 – 22 February 1756) was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus . Biography. Löfling was born in Tolvfors Bruk, Gävle, Sweden. He studied at the University of Uppsala where he attended courses taught by Carl Linnaeus.
Jul 23, 2019 · Using the example of Pehr Löfling, this chapter explores the many ways in which Linnaeans encountered and defined racial, ethnic/national, biological, social, linguistic, religious and intellectual dimensions of otherness.
- Kenneth Nyberg
- 2018
Pehr Löfling (1729–1756) was one of the most talented students of re- nowned Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. In 1751 he travelled to Spain at the invitation of the Spanish government and spent the next three years in the Madrid area pursuing botanical research.
Löfling started with theology, but concentrated later on medicine and natural history. Bachelor of Philosophy and he defended a thesis for Linnaeus, 18 November 1749. Unusually, the thesis “ de Gemmae arborum ” was authored mainly by the respondent, i.e. Löfling, not by Linnaeus.
- 20 January 1729.
- Tolvfors, Valbo, Gästrikland, Sweden.
- 22 February 1756.
- San Antonio de Caroni, Guayana, Venezuela.
Dec 29, 2021 · Professor of Genetics at the Universities of Granada and Autónoma de Madrid. Both Pehr Löfling and Peter Löfling and Félix de Azara discovered and analyzed a multitude of species in the borders where they were destined.
Loefling. Initials. P. Life Dates. 1729 - 1756. Collecting Dates. 1754 - 1756. Specification. Plant collector. Groups collected. Spermatophytes. Organisation (s) LINN (main), BM, H, MA, S, SBT. Countries. Europe: SpainTropical South America: Venezuela. Associate (s) Barnades, M. (c. 1717-1771) Bergius, Peter Jonas (1730-1790) (specimens to)
Feb 22, 2021 · Today is the anniversary of the death of the handsome and tall Swedish botanist - and a favorite student of Carl Linnaeus known as “the Vulture” - Pehr Loefling. Pehr met Carl at the University of Uppsala, where Carl was his professor.
