Peter Ascanius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Ascanius

Norwegian biologist and a student of Linnaeus

Date of Birth: 24-May-1723

Place of Birth: Aure, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1803

Profession: zoologist, geologist, biologist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Peter Ascanius (24 May 1723 – 4 June 1803) was a Norwegian biologist.He was born at Aure in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
He was a student of Linnaeus.
He taught zoology and mineralogy in Copenhagen from 1759 to 1771, and later worked as a supervisor at the mines in Kongsberg and elsewhere in Norway.
Among his published works was the five-volume illustrated Icones rerum naturalium.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1755 as a Foreign Member.Ascanius first described the giant oarfish in 1772.