Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (born 1723)

Pehr Osbeck

Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus (1723–1805)

Pehr Osbeck was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Hålanda on Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus.