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Daniel Solander
1782May, 13

Daniel Solander

Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736)
Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander (19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil.

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