1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
THUNBERG, KARL PETER (1743-1828), Swedish naturalist, was born at Jonkoping on the nth of November 1743, and became a pupil of Linnaeus at the university of Upsala. After graduating in medicine there in 1770 he obtained an appointment as surgeon in the Dutch East India Company, and sailed to the Cape of Good Hope in 1772. He spent three years there, and then went to Japan, where he remained till 1778, engaged in making collections of plants. On his return in 1779 he visited England, and made the acquaintance of Sir…
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