PJB
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Swedish botanist
A.K.A.
P.J.Bergius
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Male
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Birth:
6 July 1730(Vittaryds, Sweden)
Death:
10 July 1790(Adolf Fredriks parish, Sweden)
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The details
Biography
Peter Jonas Bergius (1730 in Kronoberg, Sweden – 1790) was a Swedish medical doctor and botanist.
In 1758 Bergius was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1770and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1785.