Peter Jonas Bergius Explained

Peter Jonas Bergius (13 July 1730 – 10 July 1790) was a Swedish medical doctor and botanist.^[1]

In 1758 Bergius was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.^[1] In 1768 he was elected to membership of the American Philosophical Society.^[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1770 ^[3] and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1785.^[4]

Works

• Book: Descriptiones plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei. Stockholm. Lars Salvius. la. 1767. ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peter Jonas Bergius. Bergius Botanical Garden. 22 May 2015.
2. Bell, Whitfield J., and Charles Greifenstein, Jr. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American Philosophical Society. 3 vols. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1997, 3:555–558.
3. Web site: Fellow Details. Royal Society. 17 January 2017.
4. Web site: Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 8 September 2016.
5. Book: Gunn, Mary. Botanical exploration of southern Africa : an illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora : biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times. 1981. Published for the Botanical Research Institute by A.A. Balkema. L. E. W. Codd. 0-86961-129-1. Cape Town. 56. 8591273.