Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch
Swedish naturalist
Intro | Swedish naturalist | |
A.K.A. | Johan Vilhelm Palmstruch Palmstr. | |
A.K.A. | Johan Vilhelm Palmstruch Palmstr. | |
Places | Sweden | |
was | Botanist Scientist Lichenologist | |
Work field | Biology Science | |
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Birth | 3 March 1770, Stockholm, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden | |
Death | 30 August 1811Vänersborg, Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden (aged 41 years) |
Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch (3 March 1770 – 30 August 1811, Vänersborg) was a soldier, artist and naturalist.
Palmstruch was a Swedish captain of cavalry. Known as the Swedish Sowerby he published two vast works of natural history, Svensk Botanik et Svensk Zoologi.