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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. Intending to become a clergyman, he went after schooling in Härnösand, in 1724, to study theology at Uppsala University, but he turned ...
- Pioneer ichthyologist
- Uppsala University
- Swedish
Peter Artedi. 1705-1735. Swedish Naturalist. P eter Artedi has been hailed by early historians as "the father of ichthyology" for his sole published work regarding the classification of fish. Artedi's untimely death (he drowned at the age of 30) cut short a very promising scientific career. Artedi's work was extremely important to Linnaeus (who ...
Dec 23, 2019 · Abstract. 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 Linnaean systematics.
- Hans Aili, Theodore W Pietsch
- 2020
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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, while his maternal grandfather was a teacher of philosophy and a Court. Chaplain at Stockholm.
Aug 3, 2022 · 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 or Petrus Arctaedius was a Swedish naturalist who is known as the "father of ichthyology".
Learn about the life and legacy of Peter Artedi, a Swedish naturalist who cataloged fish and wrote the first comprehensive book on fish anatomy. This app is a teaching tool to help you identify fish while underwater based on his work.
