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Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander (19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil.
Daniel Solander was a Swedish naturalist who accompanied James Cook on his first voyage around the world in 1768-1771. He applied Linnaeus's binomial nomenclature to his botanic collections and observed a planetary transit of Venus. Learn more about his life, work and legacy at the Natural History Museum.
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 his signature accordingly.
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Feb 19, 2021 · Scientist of the Day - Daniel Solander. 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.
Daniel Solander is the most portrayed among the seventeen apostles. He is also internationally well known for the reason of his participation in James Cook’s first circumnavigation and close friendship to Joseph Banks.
- 19 February 1733.
- Piteå, Gammelstad, Norrbotten, Sweden.
- 8 May 1782.
- London, England.
Jan 12, 2021 · Paradise Lost: Daniel Solander’s legacy features artworks that explore his life and achievements and the effects of European contact on the Indigenous peoples encountered on the voyage.
Oct 15, 2010 · Learn about the life and achievements of Dr Daniel Solander, a Swedish botanist who accompanied James Cook on his voyage to the South Pacific and collected new species of plants and animals. Find out how he used Linnaeus's classification system and his association with Joseph Banks to advance science.
