Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist, entomologist, and psychologist (died 1828)

Carl Peter Thunberg

Swedish naturalist (1743–1828)

Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg, was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala University, he spent seven years travelling in southern Italy and Asia,…