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    Pehr Osbeck (1723 – 23 December 1805) was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Hålanda on Västergötland...
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  • (1729–1756), Swedish botanist Pehr Magnebrant (born 1970), Swedish golfer Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944–2008), Finnish composer Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805), Swedish explorer...
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    tropical Africa, and Australia. The type specimen was collected in China by Pehr Osbeck. Pteris vittata is native and widespread in the paleotropics: found from...
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    becoming a truly national drink. An early recipe for punsch was written by Pehr Osbeck in the book he published with his fellow travellers Olof Torén and Carl...
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    Pehr Osbeck. He fell ill during his journey and died shortly after his return in 1753. He returned with a large collection of specimens. Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805)...
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    Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (category Taxa named by Pehr Osbeck)
    attracted to the Pearl River Estuary because of its brackish waters. 1765: Pehr Osbeck gives the first scientific description of the species. Late 1980s: Environmentalists...
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    Grapsus adscensionis (category Taxa named by Pehr Osbeck)
    São Tomé and Príncipe and Fernando de Noronha. "Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)". www.marinespecies.org. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species...
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    description and naming of Fucus maximus (now Ecklonia maxima) in 1757 by Pehr Osbeck. This was followed by the descriptive work of scholars such as Dawson...
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    bartenders guides, and an early recipe for arrack punch was written by Pehr Osbeck, Olof Torén, and Carl Gustaf Ekeberg in their 1771 book, A Voyage to...
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  • disk-shaped system of stars with the Solar System near the centre. April 1 – Pehr Osbeck sets out on a primarily botanical expedition to China. January 17 – John...
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    had been collected from the Ascension Island by the Swedish explorer Pehr Osbeck. The names "frigatebird" and Fregata derive from the French mariners'...
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    It was named by Carl Linnaeus for the Swedish explorer and naturalist Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805). Osbeckias are native to Eastern Asia — China, Japan, Malaysia...
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    Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish...
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    Chinese white shrimp (category Taxa named by Pehr Osbeck)
    Food and Agriculture Organization. Species Fact Sheets: Penaeus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765). 2014. "An Overview of China's Aquaculture", p. 6. Netherlands Business...
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  • Gobius tropicus (category Taxa named by Pehr Osbeck)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gobiiformes Family: Gobiidae Genus: Gobius Species: G. tropicus Binomial name Gobius tropicus Osbeck, 1765...
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    – Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest, rebel leader (b. 1746) December 23 Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer, naturalist (b. 1723) Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville...
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  • Thiroux d'Arconville, French novelist, translator and chemist (born 1720) Pehr Osbeck, Swedish botanist and explorer, pupil of Linnaeus (born 1723) Williams...
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    Chinensis that had been described in 1757 by the Swedish naturalist Pehr Osbeck. Linnaeus specified the location as "China" but this was restricted to...
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    Java mouse-deer (category Taxa named by Pehr Osbeck)
    Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Tragulidae Genus: Tragulus Species: T. javanicus Binomial name Tragulus javanicus (Osbeck, 1765)...
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    cockroaches are often depicted as dirty pests. In a 1750–1752 journal, Pehr Osbeck noted that cockroaches were frequently seen and found their way to the...
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    Monacanthus chinensis (category Taxa named by Pehr Osbeck)
    present in a seagrass meadow. Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Monacanthus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-01-10....
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  • Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782–1820) Ord – George Ord (1781–1866) OsbeckPehr Osbeck (1723–1805) Osborn – Herbert Osborn (1856–1954) entomology Osborn...
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    chinensis, introduced by Pehr Osbeck in 1757. They proposed the name Parmotrema chinense, based on the assumption that Osbeck's specimen corresponded to...
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  • 1795 – Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730) 1805 – Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723) 1834 – Thomas Robert Malthus,...
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    asiatica by Carl Linnaeus, based on material collected from Java by Pehr Osbeck, a Swedish naturalist and one of Linnaeus' apostles. It was transferred...
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    Lanius schach. Linnaeus cited the description that the Swedish explorer Pehr Osbeck had included in the account of his stay in China. The type locality is...
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    sarcotesta. This species was first described by the Swedish naturalist Pehr Osbeck as Melia parasitica, and published in 1757 in his book Dagbok ofwer en...
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    Aluterus scriptus (category Taxa named by Pehr Osbeck)
    Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Monacanthidae Genus: Aluterus Species: A. scriptus Binomial name Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)...
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    Holocentrus adscensionis (category Taxa named by Pehr Osbeck)
    Actinopterygii Order: Beryciformes Family: Holocentridae Genus: Holocentrus Species: H. adscensionis Binomial name Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)...
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    Moma alpium (category Taxa named by Pehr Osbeck)
    alpium. Kimber, Ian. "73.034 BF2277 Scarce Merveille du Jour Moma alpium (Osbeck, 1778)". UKMoths. Retrieved 6 November 2020. Fauna Europaea Lepiforum e...
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