Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772, Karlskrona – 26 November 1844, Stockholm) was a

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botanist,

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and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a

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and used science and

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as an avocation. The plant genus '' Billbergia'' was named for him by

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Biography

In 1790 he earned his legal degree at the University of Lund, later working as an auditor at the audit chamber in Stockholm from 1793. In 1798 he became a member of the county administrative board (''landskamrerare'') in Visby. In 1808 he returned to Stockholm, where from 1812 to 1837, he served as a member of the administrative court (''kammarrättsråd''). He was promoted in 1824 to head the ministry of the Board of Customs (''generaltullstyrelsen''). In 1812, he purchased the right of publishing to the precious work of ''Svensk Botanik'' from the estate of

Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch (3 March 1770 – 30 August 1811) was a soldier, artist and naturalist. Palmstruch was born in Stockholm and died at Vänersborg in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. Palmstruch was a Swedish military officer who served ...

. He subsequently prepared two parts for publication during 1812–1819. He was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1817.

Selected works

Billberg was the author of the following works: * ''Monographia mylabridum'' (1813) * ''Ekonomisk botanik'' (1815) * ''Enumeratio insectorum in museo'' (1820) * ''Synopsis Faunae Scandinaviae'' (1827)''Synopsis faunæ Scandinaviæ''
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Untypified

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in Billberg G. J., 1820.''Enumeratio insectorum in museo Gust. Joh. Billberg. Typus Gadelianus''
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Plants described or co-described by Billberg 1772 births 1844 deaths People from Karlskrona Lund University alumni Swedish botanists Swedish entomologists 19th-century Swedish zoologists Swedish civil servants Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{Sweden-botanist-stub