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Peter Jonas Bergius

Peter Jonas Bergius

Peter Jonas Bergius (13 July 1730 – 10 July 1790) was a Swedish medical doctor and botanist. In 1758 Bergius was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1768 he was elected to membership of the American Philosophical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1770 and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1785.

Works

Descriptiones plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei (in Latin). Stockholm. 1767 – via Lars Salvius.

References

Tags

  • 1730 births
  • 1790 deaths
  • 18th-century Swedish botanists
  • 18th-century Swedish medical doctors
  • Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Fellows of the Royal Society
  • Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • People from Ljungby Municipality