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Fredrik Hasselquist
Born3 January 1722
Törnevalla,Östergötland
Died9 February 1752(1752-02-10)(aged 30)
Buca,İzmir Province, Turkey
NationalitySwedish
EducationUppsala University
Known forCollection of natural history specimens from Asia Minor
AwardsMember of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsNaturalist
Author abbrev. (botany)Hasselq.

Fredrik Hasselquist(3 January 1722 – 9 February 1752) was aSwedishtraveller andnaturalist.

Hasselquist was born atTörnevalla,which is two kilometers east ofLinghem,Östergötland.He studied underCarl LinnaeusatUppsala Universityand became one of the "Apostles of Linnaeus".On account of the frequently expressed regrets ofCarl Linnaeusat the lack of information regarding the natural history of theLevant,Hasselquist resolved to undertake a journey to that country. With a sufficient subscription having been obtained to defray expenses, he reachedSmyrnatowards the end of 1749.[1]

He visited parts ofAsia Minor,Egypt,Cyprusand the Land of Palestine, making large natural history collections, but his constitution, naturally weak, gave way under the fatigues of travel, and he died near Smyrna on his way home.[2]

His collections reached home in safety, and five years after his death his notes were published by Linnaeus under the titleIter Palæstinum, Eller Resa til Heliga Landet, Förrättad Ifrån år 1749 til 1752,which was translated into French and German in 1762 and into English in 1766[2](asVoyages and Travels in the Levant, in the Years 1749, 50, 51, 52).[3]

He was elected a member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciencesin 1750.

Hasselquist is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard,Ptyodactylus hasselquistii.[4]

The standardauthor abbreviationHasselq.is used to indicate this person as the author whencitingabotanical name.[5]

Sources

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  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Hasselquist, Frederik".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 51–52.

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  1. ^Chisholm 1911,pp. 51–52.
  2. ^abChisholm 1911,p. 52.
  3. ^Hasselquist, Fredrik (1766).Voyages and travels in the Levant in the years 1749, 50, 51, 52: containing observations in natural history, physick, agriculture and commerce: particularly on the Holy Land and the natural history of the Scriptures.Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers.
  4. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011).The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles.Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5.( "Hasselquist", pp. 117-118).
  5. ^International Plant Names Index.Hasselq.
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