Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish botanist. Solander was born in Piteå, Norrland, Sweden and was the son of a Lutheran principal. He enrolled at Uppsala University in July 1750 and studied languages and the humanities. The professor of botany was the celebrated Carolus Linnaeus who was soon impressed by young Solander's ability and accordingly persuaded his father to let him study natural history. Wikipedia
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Daniel
Solander(1733 - 1782)
was born on the 19th of February, 1733 in jebyn, old town of Pite,
in northern Sweden and was brought up in the parsonage at Bjrklunda in jebyn. web.telia.com/~u91109884/engelsk.html
He knew Solanders parents since he had lived for two nights with the Solander family in June 1732 during his own Iter Lapponicum. www.pitea.se/turism/kuriosa/solanderengelsk.html
