Clas Alströmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Clas Alströmer

Swedish botanist

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1736

Place of Birth: Alingsås, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1794

Profession: businessperson, agronomist, botanist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Baron Clas Alströmer (9 August 1736 – 5 March 1794) was a Swedish naturalist who was a student of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University.
From 1760 to 1764 he traveled throughout Southern Europe, collecting plants for Linnaeus.
He established a botanical garden and natural museum near Gothenburg which was managed by the notable botanist Anders Dahl, another student of Linnaeus.
Alströmer was the son of the industrialist Jonas Alströmer.
The genus Alstroemeria was named after him by Linnaeus.