Peter Ascanius
Norwegian biologist; student of Linnaeus
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Peter Ascanius was a Norwegian-Danish biologist and geologist. He was a professor of zoology and mineralogy. Early life and education He was born at Aure in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. In 1742 he graduated from Trondheim Cathedral School and attended the University of Copenhagen where he studied medicine and took a Bachelor's degree in 1747. From 1752 he stayed a couple of years at Uppsala University where he was a student of Carl Linnaeus . He studied natural history with Linnaeus and chemistry and metallurgy with Johan Gottschalk Wallerius . Ascanius undertook a study trip in the years 1753 to 1758, visiting the Netherlands, England, France, Italy and Austria.
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