Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch

Swedish naturalist
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IntroSwedish naturalist
A.K.A.Johan Vilhelm Palmstruch Palmstr.
A.K.A.Johan Vilhelm Palmstruch Palmstr.
PlacesSweden
wasBotanist Scientist Lichenologist
Work fieldBiology Science
Gender
Male
Birth3 March 1770, Stockholm, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Death30 August 1811Vänersborg, Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden (aged 41 years)
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Biography

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.

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