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Pehr Osbeck

1723 - 1805

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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 and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pehr Osbeck is the 231st most popular explorer (up from 239th in 2019), the 368th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 371st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pehr Osbeck ranks 231 out of 498. Before him are Juan de Garay, Francisco de Bobadilla, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Anthony van Diemen, and Otto Finsch. After him are Naddodd, Lourenço Marques, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Carl Anton Larsen, André Thevet, and Lincoln Ellsworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Pehr Osbeck ranks 19. Before him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Tobias Mayer, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Marcus Elieser Bloch, and Princess Mary of Great Britain. After him are Mir Taqi Mir, William Blackstone, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Antoine Louis, William Chambers, and John Byron. Among people deceased in 1805, Pehr Osbeck ranks 17. Before him are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Mihrişah Sultan, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, and William Paley. After him are William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, John Robison, and Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Pehr Osbeck ranks 368 out of 1,879. Before him are Lena Nyman (1944), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Stefan Johansson (1956), Bruno Liljefors (1860), Anna Vasa of Sweden (1568), and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793). After him are Viveca Sten (1959), Carl Gustaf von Rosen (1909), Reine Wisell (1941), John Ljunggren (1919), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), and Kristina Söderbaum (1912).

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Among EXPLORERS In Sweden

Among explorers born in Sweden, Pehr Osbeck ranks 3. Before him are Sven Hedin (1865), and Salomon August Andrée (1854). After him are Charles John Andersson (1827), and Oscar Dickson (1823).

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