Carl Peter Thunberg
Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as
Karl Peter von Thunberg,
Carl Pehr Thunberg, or
Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a
Swedish naturalist and an
"apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala University, he spent seven years travelling in southern Italy and Asia, collecting and describing people and animals new to European science, and observing local cultures. He has been called "the father of South African
botany", "pioneer of Occidental Medicine in Japan", and the "Japanese
Linnaeus".
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