Anton Rolandsson Martin

Anton Rolandsson Martin (born 3 Augustjul / August 14 1729greg on Good Müntenhof in White Stone, Estonia, .. † January 30, 1785 in Turku ) was a Swedish polar explorer and botanist.

Life

Martin began his studies at the Royal Academy in Åbo. He earned his doctorate at June 22, 1757 by Carl Linnaeus with the topic Buxbaumia.

Linnaeus gave him in 1758 on a whaler, so that it could examine the polar region. He could, however, only a few days left on Spitsbergen and then explored Norway. He is regarded as the first Swedish polar explorer. After his return, he worked as a tutor in Finland.

His diary was published in 1881 under the title Dagbok vid en resa till Norrpolen eller Spitsbergen in 1758.

Works

  • Dagbok halls vid en resa till Norrpolen eller Spitsbergen, K. Vetenskaps på och med ett - Akademiens omkostnad Grönländska Compagniet i Göteborg tillhörande skepp år 1758 (In: Årsboken Ymer, Volume 1, 1881)

Swell

  • Svenska Familj journals. Volume VII, årgang 1868
  • Short Biography
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