Jonas Carlsson Dryander
Swedish botanist
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| Intro | Swedish botanist | |
| A.K.A. | Jonas Dryander Dryand. | |
| A.K.A. | Jonas Dryander Dryand. | |
| Places | Sweden United Kingdom | |
| was | Scientist Biologist Pteridologist Botanist Librarian | |
| Work field | Biology Science | |
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| Birth | 5 March 1748, Gothenburg | |
| Death | 19 October 1810London (aged 62 years) |
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Biography
Jonas Carlsson Dryander (5 March 1748 – 19 October 1810) was a Swedish botanist.
Dryander was born in Gothenburg. He was a pupil of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University. He arrived in London on 10 July 1777. He was botanist/librarian to Sir Joseph Banks from 1782 (following the death of Daniel Solander), librarian of the Royal Society and Vice-President of the Linnean Society.
Dryander's publications included Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks (1796-1800).
In 1784, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The genus Dryandra was named in his honour by his friend and fellow Swede Thunberg.