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Frederik Hasselquist - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | FREDERIK HASSELQUIST (1722-1752), Swedish traveller and naturalist, was born at Tdrnevalla, East Gothland, on the 3rd of January 1722. |
| | On account of the frequently expressed regrets of Linnaeus, under whom he studied at Upsala, at the lack of information regarding the natural history of Palestine, Hasselquist resolved to undertake a journey to that country, and a sufficient subscription having been obtained to defray expenses, he reached Smyrna towards the end of 1749. |
| | He visited parts of Asia Minor, Egypt, Cyprus and Palestine, making large natural history collections, but his constitution, naturally weak, gave way under the fatigues of travel, and he died near Smyrna on the 9th of February 1752 on his way home. |
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