Sven Ingemar Ljungh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sven Ingemar Ljungh

Swedish zoologist (1757–1828)

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1757

Place of Birth: Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden

Date of Death: 12-Sep-1828

Profession: naturalist, zoologist, ornithologist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Sven Ingemar Ljungh

  • Sven Ingemar Ljungh, also spelled Liungh (5 June 1757, Björkö, Jönköping County – 12 September 1828, Bälaryd, Jönköping County) was a Swedish civil servant, naturalist and collector.
  • During his schooling in Jönköping, he was a private student of the lexicographer Håkan Sjögren from whom he learned the Latin language.
  • At high school in Växjö, he received a good education in botany.
  • He attended the gymnasium in Växjö and went to Uppsala in 1775, graduating in 1777 with a degree in theology.
  • He then started to study medicine but fell ill to malaria.
  • After recovery he joined the civil services.
  • He took up a position in the Swedish civil service as a clerk in the judicial system and in 1778 became the Deputy Crown Bailiff in North and South Vedbo.
  • He took an interest in natural history and was a visitor to the home of Carolus Linnaeus and was taught briefly by Linnaeus the younger. He was a scholar who exchanged correspondence with many contemporary scientists including Carl Thunberg, G Marklin, Erik Acharius, Fr Ehrhart, Jan Brandes and others.
  • As a collector of rodents, insects, birds and molluscs, he described many new species.
  • He became a Fellow of the Patriotic Society, 1806, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1808 and ; member of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg in 1808.
  • He also worked on agriculture and meteorology and for his work on the former received the Order of Vasa. In 1803 his insect collection had an estimated 5000-6000 species and he published many notes on exotic animals from Java, Ceylon and the Cape.
  • After his death, none of his sons took an interest in natural history and his collections were sold.

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