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Kalm, Pehr

Record IDcnp01355357

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01355357

Type of entry (heading)identification uncertain

Gendermale

Biographical Data1716 - 1779

Place of BirthProvince d'Angermanie (Suède)

Place of DeathTurku (=Åbo, Finlande)

Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Naturforscher, Schweden

Schwed. Ökonom, Naturforscher

Identität mit Pehr Kalm unklar

Naturaliste et économiste. - Il fut élève de Linné. - Professeur d'histoire naturelle et d'économie, Université de Turku (=Åbo), Finlande. - Explorateur. - Fils de pasteur luthérien finlandais

Note de regroupement par domaine: Botanique (580)

Note de regroupement par domaine: Géographie du reste du monde (915)

Pehr Kalm (March 6, 1716 - November 16, 1779) (in Finland also known as Pietari Kalm and in some English-language translations as Peter Kalm) was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of Carolus Linnaeus's most important students. Among his many accomplishments, Kalm can be credited for the first description of the Niagara Falls, written by someone trained as a scientist

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Further Biographical Data1716-1779

06.03.1716-16.11.1779

Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur

Primary Language(s)Swedish

Latein

ActivityPersonen zu Wirtschaftsgeschichte (bis ca. 1900) (10.1p) (sswd)

Personen zu Natur, Naturwissenschaften allgemein (18p) (sswd)

Forschungsreisender (gnd)

Naturwissenschaftler (gnd)

Wirtschaftswissenschaftler (gnd)

Schwed. Ökonom, Naturforscher

CountryFinnland

Schweden

Geographic NoteFI (iso3166)

SE (iso3166)

NationalityFinland

Place of Activity

Place of BirthProvince d'Angermanie (Suède) (1716)
Lieu de naissance

Place of ActivityTurku
Wirkungsort

Uppsala
Wirkungsort

Place of DeathTurku (=Åbo, Finlande) (1779)
Lieu de mort

Related Entries

See alsoLinné, Carl ¬von¬, 1707-1778
Bekanntschaft

Names

HeadingKalm, Pehr
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom); British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom); Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands, Den Haag (Netherlands)

Kalm, Pehr
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Kalm, Pehr
used in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands, Den Haag (Netherlands)

Kalm, Pehr
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany)

Variant NameKalm, Petro

Kalm, Pieter

Kalm, Peter

Kalm, Petrus

Kalm, Pietari

Kalm, Per

Sources

Found inGK55. — NUC. — BN Cat. gén.. — BnF Service finno-ougrien, balte. — Resejournal över resan till Norra Amerika / Pehr Kalm, 1966. — Reis door Noord Amerika / gedaan door den heer Pieter Kalm,...1772. — Voyage de Pehr Kalm au Canada en 1749 : trad. annotée du journal de route / par Jacques Rousseau et Guy Béthune ; avec le concours de Pierre Morisset, 1977. — Exercitium academicum de ortu petrificatorum / quod... praeside... Petro Kalm, [1754]. — Pehr Kalms Brev till Friherre Sten Carl Bielke, 1960. — Suomen kansallisbiografia vol.4, 2004. — Bibliothèque nationale de Finlande : donne aussi le prénom finnois : Pietari - https://fennica.linneanet.fi (2013-09-26). — Store norske leks., Norvège, 1984. — LC Authorities - http://authorities.loc.gov (2005-01-03). — Svensk uppslagsbok. — LCAuth. — Svenskt biografiskt lexikon: Stand: 23.10.2020: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=12334

Imprint SourcesBeschreibung der Reise nach dem nördlichen Amerika

Beschreibung der Reise nach dem nördlichen Amerika. - 1754 - 1764

T123563: his Travels into North America, 1770-71 tp=By Peter Kalm

Reis door Noord Amerika.... / By Pieter Kalm..., 1772

Wästgötha och B°ahnsländska resa förratad °Ar 1742. - 1746

Portrait of an unnamed Royal Academy of Turku professor, probably by Johann Georg Geitel, 1764. The person is commonly assumed to be Pehr Kalm (1716-1779). According to other theory, it might be Pehr Adrian Gadd (1727-1797) or someone else. [1], [2]
[J. G. Geitel / taken from :en:Wikipedia, where first loaded by en:User:Hephaestos on 5 February 2004 -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PehrKalm.jpg]