> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 323](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259827) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12502-1) LSID 12502-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27684) QID Q27684 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Forsskål, Pehr (Peter)|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Forsskål \[Forsskåhl, Forskål\], Pehr \[Per, Peter, Petrus, Petter, Pierre\] (1732-1763), Swedish botanist, naturalist and explorer, born 11 Jan 1732 in Helsingfors (now Helsinki, Finland but then under Swedish rule), studied at Univ. of Uppsala where he attended lectures by Linnaeus and then Göttingen 1753-1756, Ph.D. 1756 Göttingen, returned to Uppsala but exiled for holding radical political beliefs regarding freedom of expression 1759, prof. of natural history, Univ. of Copenhagen 1760, botanist on the Danish Exped. to Egypt and Arabia, which sailed from Denmark 10 Jan 1761 and put in at Malta, Greece, Constantinople and Egypt en route to the Arabian Penins., died 11 Jul 1763 of the plague in Yerim \[Yarim\], Yemen. **Abbreviated name**: *Forssk.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Forssk.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection C|C]] (orig,), see also TL-2/1: 855 (and add [[Collection DS|DS]]). #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(2): 276, 4: 602, 7: 462; APN p. 206; Backer p. 220; Baillon 2: 631; Barnhart 1: 559; BM 2: 594; Bossert p. 130; Collander hist. p. 14; De Toni 1: xlviii; Dryander 5: 237 (index); DSB 5: 74; Ewan Pap. p. 71 (as "Peter"); Herder p. 450 (index); Hist. Coll. BMNH p. 149 (as "Forskål"); IF p. 697, suppl. 4: 354; IH 2: 203; Jackson p. 350, 394; KR p. 195; NI 643; Plesch p. 228; PR ed. 1: 3278-3279, ed. 2: 2969-2970; Quenstedt p. 145; RS p. 83 (as "Forskål"); Saccardo 1: 74-75; Saelan p. 111-112; SMK 2: 572-573 (portr.); Sotheby 1: 218-219; Strid p. 116, ed. 2: 162; TL-1: 517 (index); TL-2/1: 855-857, 2/3: 948 (index); Tucker 1: 255 (as "Forskål"); Urban-Berl. p. 346; Zander ed. 10, p. 659; ed. 17: 948. #### Biofile - Anon., A catalog of the Edward L. Greene collection: 126. 1986. - Ascherson, P., 1884. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 2: 293-297. - Blatter, E., 1933. Rec. Bot. Surv. India 8: 459-460. - Børgesen, F., 1932. Dansk Bot. Ark. 8(2): 1-\[15\], *pl. 1.* (Forsskål's Algae) - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: p. 401. (index) - Brunet, J.-Ch., 1861 \[1966 reprint\]. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 2: 1345-1346. (as "Forskål") - Carpelan, T., 1903. Finsk biografisk handbok 1: 660-662. (as "Forskål, Petter) - Carpenter, M.M., 1953. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 50: 286. (as "Forskal") - Christensen, C., 1918. Naturforskeren Pehr Forsskål: hans rejse til Aegypten og Arabien, 1761-63, og hans botaniske arbejder og Samlinger, København (H. Hagerup): \[vi\], 172 p. (coll., itin., portr.) - Christensen, C., 1924. Danske Bot. Hist. 1: 120; Id. 2: 56-57. - Dellner, J., 1953. Forsskåls filosofi, Stockholm (Natur och kultur): 219 p. (portr.) - Forsskål, P., 1950. Resa till lyckliga Arabien; Petrus Forsskåls, dagbok, 1761-1763. Uppsala (Almqvist & Wiksell): 209 p. (n.v.). - Fridrichsen, A., 1947. Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 30: 67-70. (on Retama Roetam) - Friis, I., 1983. Kew Bull. 38: 457-467. \[*Flora aegypt.-arab.* published Jun 1775\] - Friis, I. & M. Thulin, 1984. Taxon 33: 668-672. \[spelling of Forsskål's surname\] - Gilbert, P., 1977. A compendium of the biographical literature on deceased entomologists: p. 124. - Hansen, A., 1974. Bot. Tidsskr. 69: 208. - Hansen, T., 1962. Det lykkelige Arabien. En Dansk Ekspedition 1761-67. \[English transl. (1964) by J. McFarlane and K. McFarlane as Arabia Felix: the Danish Expedition of 1761-1767, New York (Harper & Row Publishers)/London (Collins): 392 p.\] (handwr., itin.) - Hepper, F.N. & I. Friis, 1994. The plants of Pehr Forsskal's 'Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica' collected on the Royal Danish Expedition to Egypt and the Yemen 1761-63, Kew (Royal Botanic Gardens)/Copenhagen (Botanical Museum): xii, 400 p. \[See: D.H. Nicolson, Taxon 43(3): 515. Aug 1994 (rev.)\] - Hökerberg, A.S., 2000. Men around Linnaeus: 104 p. (n.v.) - H\[olmboe\]., J., 1918. Naturen 42: 281-282. - Jarvis, C., 2007. Order out of chaos: Linnaean plant names and their types: 945. (index) (handwr.) - Jonsell, B., 2000. *In*, B. Nordenstam et al. (eds.), Plant systematics for the 21st century. (Wenner-Gren international series 77.), London (Portland Press): 225-238. (n.v.) - Lagus, W., 1877. Petter Forskåls lefnad: 75 p. (portr.) - Legré, L., 1900. La botanique en Provence au XVIIIe siècle. Pierre Forskal et le Florula estaciensis, Marseille: 27 p. - Matinolli, E., 1960. Turun Yliopiston julkaisuja, Sarja B, Humaniora, osa 79: 167 p. (n.v.) - Rasmussen, S.T. (ed.), 1990. Den Arabiske rejse 1761-1767: en dansk ekspedition set i videnskabshistorisk perspektiv: 413 p. (n.v.); Id., 1997, 2. udg. (n.v.) - Schellenberg, G., 1921. Die Sammlungen des Kieler Universitätsherbars. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38, Abt. 2(3): 389-398. - Schildt, G., 1960. Resenärer i Flores rike... Stockholm (Biblioteksförlaget): 316 p. (n.v.) - Schück, J.H.E., 1923. Från Linnés tid, Petter Forsskål \[1736-63\], &c., Stockholm (P.A. Norstedt & Söners): 491 p. - Selander, S., 1960. Linnélärjungar i främmande länder, Stockholm (Albert Bonniers Förlag AB): 90 p. (portr.) - Spärck, R., 1965. Amer.-Scand. Rev. 53: 161-170. \[see Bot. Tidsskr. 62(4): 301. 1967\] - Squire, A.W.L., 1972. Cactus (Bruxelles) 4(1): 19. - Stafleu, F.A., 1972. *In*, G.S. Daniels & F.A. Stafleu, Taxon 21: 252. (portr.) - Steinberg, C., 1977. Webbia 32: 25. (specimens at FI) - Uggla, A.Hj., 1940. Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 23: 86-96. \[autograph books of Forsskål\] - Wickens, G.E., 1982. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40(2): 313. - Wittrock, V.B., 1905. Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 12, 87, 93. - W., L., 1870. Öfv. Finska Vet. Soc. Forh. 12: 125-127. \[genealogy\] - Wynne, O.E., 1969. Biogr. key-names birds of the world: 70. - Zammit-Maempel, G., 1994. Proc. History Week \[Malta Historical Society\]: p. \[35\]-76. (portr.) #### Diaries See TL-2/1: 856. #### Note - (1) The entry for Forsskål, *Flora aegypt.-arab.*... 1775 (TL-2/1, nr. 1819), can be amended as follows: *Publ*.: Jun 1775 \[not 1 Oct 1775, as stated earlier\], see I. Friis, Kew Bull. 38: 457-467. 1983. *Microform*: (a) *Micro-opaque*: New York (Readex Microprint), 1969, 4 cards, 23×15 cm. (Landmarks of Science). *Copy*: (n.v.). (b) *Microfiche*: Zug, Switzerland (Inter Documentation Company), \[19--\]. *Copy*: HH (n.v.). (c) *Microfilm*: London (British Library), 1986, 1 reel (252 fr., 35 mm). *Copy*: (n.v.). (d) *Microfiche*: Westport, Conn. (Meckler/ Chadwyck-Healey Publishing), \[1987?\], 5 microfiches (Plant taxonomic lit. microfiche coll., "12273G5-12277F6"). *Copy*: MO (n.v.). *Reprint* \[of 1775 publ.\]: 1983,... Dehra Dun, India (Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh),... 32, cxxvi, 219 p. *Copies*: K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY. - (2) Forsskål, *Ic. rer. nat.*... 1776 (see TL-2/1, nr. 1820) is available in various microform editions: (a) *Microfiche*: IDC 433 (as noted in TL-2/1). (b) *Microfiche*: Westport, Conn. (Meckler/Chadwyck-Healey Pub.), \[1987?\], 2 microfiches (Plant taxonomic lit. microfiche coll., "8139G1-8140G6"). *Copy*: MO (n.v.). (c) *Microfilm*: London (British Library), 1987, 1 reel (71 fr., 35 mm). *Copy*: (n.v.).