Carl Peter Thunberg ( 1743 - 1828 )

Birth: Jonkoping, Sweden (11 November 1743) Death: At his country house Tunaberg, Uppsala, Sweden (08 August 1828) Research Field: Natural history Education: Lic Med (Uppsala 1770); MD (1772) Career: Served in the Dutch East India Company and travelled to Cape of Good Hope, Java and Japan; Professor, Leyden; Professor, Stockholm; Professor, Uppsala (1779); Professor of Medicine and Botany; President of the Swedish Academy of Science Membership: Fellow Election Date: 3/04/1788.