Local, Universal and Embodied Knowledge:
Anglo-Swedish Contacts and the Diffusion of Linnaean
Natural History
Hanna Hodacs
(h.hodacs@warwick.ac.uk)
WESTWARD SCIENCE BETWEEN 1760 -1810:
ON SOCIAL MOBILITY AND THE MOBILITY OF
SCIENCE
(SWEDISH RESEARCH COUNCIL, VETENSKAPSRÅDET).
CENTER FOR HISTORY OF SCIENCE, KUNGL.VETENSKAPSAKADEMIN,
STOCKHOLM
&
EUROPE’S ASIAN CENTURIES:
TRADING EURASIAN 1600-1830
(EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL)
CENTRE FOR GLOBAL HISTORY AND CULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF
WARWICK
Swedish naturalists in London 1760-1810
1.
Daniel Solander (1733-1782), to London 1760.
2.
Johan Jacob Ferber (1743–1790) to London 1769.
3.
Andreas Berlin (1746-1773) to London 1770.
4.
Henric Gahn (1747-1816) to London 1771.
5.
Anders Sparrman (1748-1820) to London 1776.
6.
Jonas Carlsson Dryander (1748-1810) to London 1777.
7.
Carl Petter Thunberg (1743-1828) to London 1778.
8.
Carl von Linné d.y. (1741-1783) to London 1782.
9.
Pehr Afzelius (1760-1843) to London 1785.
10. Olof Swartz (1760-1816) to London 1786.
11. Adam Afzelius (1750-1837) to London 1789.
12. Samuel Torner (1762-1822) to London 1793.
Daniel Solander
(1733-1782),
Jonas Carlsson Dryander
(1748- 1810)
Adam Afzelius
(1750-1837)
Solander box
Conclusion
Embodied knowledge of Linnaean natural history
 advanced exploration and delegation of work
 Reinforced the smoothing running of natural history at the centre, the everyday mapping of the
natural history of the world.
Linnaean specific scientific persona
 promoted the organising of central collections of specimen and books,
 At a time, largely predating the institutionalisation of science.
Natural history axis connecting London to Uppsala
 the outline of a geography between local and global
illuminating one way in Linnaean natural history became a universal science