Peter Forsskål Scientist

Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl, (11 January 1732 - 11 July 1763) was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.

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Peter Forsskål
Birth dateJanuary 11, 1732
Birth place
Finland , Helsinki
Date of deathJuly 11, 1763
Place of death
Yemen

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Scientist

Field of study
Natural history
Oriental studies
Exploration

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Peter Forsskål on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://baheyeldin.com/linguistics/forsskaal-arabic-species-names-fish-taxonomy.html
  2. http://peterforsskal.com
  3. http://sv.wikisource.org/wiki/Tankar_om_borgerliga_friheten
  4. http://www.kb.dk/da/nb/samling/os/naeroest/forsskaal.html
  5. https://archive.org/details/descriptionesan00conggoog
  6. https://archive.org/details/iconesrerumnatu00niebgoog
  7. https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002702097