Peter Jonas Bergius (13 July 1730 – 10 July 1790) was a Swedish

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and botanist. In 1758 Bergius was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1768 he was elected to membership of the

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. He was elected a

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in 1770 and a Foreign Honorary Member of the

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in 1785.

Works

Bergius, Peter Jonas – Descriptiones plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei, 1767 – BEIC 6961957

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergius, Peter Jonas 1730 births 1790 deaths People from Ljungby Municipality Swedish botanists 18th-century Swedish physicians Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities