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Hjortberg, Gustaf Fredrik

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

Born: 1724. Died: 1776.

career:

Chaplain who accompanied 3 voyages of the Swedish East India Company to China between 1747-53. From letters to Linnaeus it is evident that he made drawings and collected at least zoologically. He made a diary on the voyage 1748-49.

Later minister at Wallda, N. Halland.

collections:

Herb. R. Acad. Sc. Stockholm [S] (cf. Index Herb. 11 (2)), probably with the Bergius herbarium. Evidently no localities known, but possibly from the China voyages.

	Career Collections
	Hjortberg, Gustaf Fredrik
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1724. Died: 1776.
	career: Chaplain who accompanied 3 voyages of the Swedish East India Company to China between 1747-53. From letters to Linnaeus it is evident that he made drawings and collected at least zoologically. He made a diary on the voyage 1748-49. Later minister at Wallda, N. Halland.
	collections: Herb. R. Acad. Sc. Stockholm [S] (cf. Index Herb. 11 (2)), probably with the Bergius herbarium. Evidently no localities known, but possibly from the China voyages.