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Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius (27 February 1705 – 28 September 1735) was a Swedish naturalist who is known as the "father of ichthyology". Artedi was born in Anundsjö in the province of Ångermanland.
Aug 3, 2022 · Abstract. An English translation of the Swedish naturalist Peter Artedi’s great masterpiece Ichthyologia sive opera omnia piscibus (1738) has allowed for an increased understanding of the importance of his work to ichthyology and to the history of biosystematics in general.
Peter Artedi was originally born as Petrus Arctaedius in Anundsjö, Sweden, in 1705. His family had strong ties to the clergy, but ultimately, Petrus chose to study science. In 1716, his family moved to Nordmaling, Sweden so that his father could take over the parish duties from his grandfather whose health was failing.
Peter Artedi was born in 1705, in Anundsj6, Sweden, where the parish register gives the date of his birth as February 27 (O.S.) or March 10 (N.S.). His father, Olaus Arctaedius, and his paternal grandfather were both parsons,
Artedi was the son of a curate, Olaus Arctaedius, and his second wife, Helena Sidenia, the daughter of a court chaplain. In September 1716 the father was appointed to the living of Nordmaling, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
Dec 23, 2019 · A manuscript catalogue of the fishes of the Baltic Sea, and of the rivers and lakes of Sweden, the only known original work of the Swedish ichthyologist Peter Artedi (1705‒35) by his own hand, is translated into English for the first time, and its contents assessed in light of Artedi’s contribution to the development and philosophy of ...
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Jan 1, 2022 · This is why the father of ichthyology is unanimously considered the Swedish naturalist Peter Artedi (1705–1735) with his Ichthyologia sive opera omnia de Piscibus (Artedi 1738: see Fig. 1).
