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Pehr Osbeck
1805Dec, 23

Pehr Osbeck

Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
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.

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