Linnaeus' portrait Pehr Löfling
Handwritings
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Swedish Museum of Natural History

 

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Pehr Löfling: Born in 1729 on Tolvfors bruk in Valbo parish in Gästrikland, Sweden. Student in Uppsala in 1743. Bachelor's degree and candidate of medicine in 1750. Professor in Madrid, Spain in 1751. Botanical journeys in Portugal and Spain in 1751-53 and in northern South America in 1754-56. Dead in 1756 on the missionary station Murrecurri ("Merercuri") in Venezuela.

Examples of Löfling's handwriting:

Loefling's handwriting
Loefling's handwriting

More examples of Löfling's handwriting:

  • Daucus carota

    References:
    Krok, Th. O. B. N. 1925: Bibliotheca Botanica Suecana, Uppsala & Stockholm.

    Fries, TH. M., 1903: Linné, lefnadsteckning, Stockholm.

    http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/hand/loefling.html.en
    Latest update: 9 March 1999
    Comments on this page: Arne Anderberg
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