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Carl Peter Thunberg

1743 to 1828 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Carl Peter Thunberg across 3 places, from 1778 to 1828. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Carl Peter Thunberg was documented, and when

February 1778month
Ceylonattested “In February 1778, Thunberg left Ceylon to return to Europe.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg
March 1779month
Swedenattested “On arrival in Sweden in March 1779, he learned of the death of Linnaeus one year earlier.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg
8 August 1828exact date
Uppsalaattested “He died at Thunaberg near Uppsala on 8 August 1828.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg

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Places Carl Peter Thunberg is documented in

Sweden1 presence · 1779Uppsala1 presence · 1828
Ceylon1 presence · 1778

Other places tied to Carl Peter Thunberg in the record

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1770year
Parismentioned “To deepen his knowledge in botany, medicine and natural history, he was encouraged by Linnaeus in 1770 to travel to Paris and Amsterdam.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg
1772year
Uppsalamentioned “At the initiative of Linnaeus, he graduated at Uppsala as Doctor of Medicine in absentia while he was at the Cape in 1772.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg
March 1772month
Cape Townmentioned “In March 1772, he reached Cape Town in now South Africa.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg
18 May 1775exact date
Batavia, Dutch East Indiesmentioned “He arrived in Batavia on 18 May 1775, and left for Japan on 20 June.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg
July 1777month
Ceylonmentioned “From there, he travelled to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in July 1777.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg
October 1778month
Amsterdammentioned “He finally arrived at Amsterdam in October 1778.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg
1823 to 1829period
Japanmentioned “The latter was completed by the German traveller Philipp Franz von Siebold, who visited Japan between 1823 and 1829 and based the Fauna Japonica on Thunberg's notes which he carried with him all the time in Japan.” source: Wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg

Documented at the same place, the same year

Carl LinnaeusSweden · 1779

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