Gustaf Johan Billberg
Botanist, Deceased Person
1772 – 1844
Who was Gustaf Johan Billberg?
Gustaf Johan Billberg was a Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and used science and biology as a hobby.
In 1790 he earned his legal degree in Lund, later working as an auditor at the audit chamber in Stockholm. In 1798 he became an "landskamrerare" in Visby. In 1808 he returned to Stockholm, where from 1812 to 1837, he served as "kammarrättsråd".
He was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1817.
Billberg was the author of the following works:
Monographia mylabridum
Ekonomisk botanik
Enumeratio insectorum in museo
Synopsis Faunae Scandinaviae.
The plant genus Billbergia was named for him by Carl Peter Thunberg.
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