> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 721](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333860) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9870-1) LSID 9870-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39789) QID Q39789 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Solander, Daniel \[Carlsson\] (1733-1782), Swedish botanist and traveller; student of Linnaeus at Uppsala 1750-1759; travelled in Lapland and Northern Norway 1753; to England 1760, studied and worked at Oxford; invited 1762 by Linnaeus to become his successor but declined; from 1763-1768 assistant librarian of the British Museum; with J. Banks on the circumnavigation of the Endeavour (Captain Cook) 1768-1771; librarian with Joseph Banks 1771-1782; to Iceland with Banks 1772; also keeper of the Natural History Dept. of the British Museum from 1773. **Abbreviated name**: *Sol.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sol.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]; further material at [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection SBT|SBT]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]] (Thunb.), [[Collection WELT|WELT]]; early Swedish collections at [[Collection S|S]] (see Lindman 1907). – Manuscripts at [[Collection BM|BM]] (see e.g. BM 5: 1966-1967 and Diment & Wheeler 1984 (Solander material in all British collections)). The botanical manuscripts were used e.g. by J. Dryander for Aiton's *Hortus kewensis* and by A. Russell, Nat. hist. Aleppo ed. 2, vol. 2. – *Letters* e.g. at [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. – See Bridson et al. (1980) (for detailed lists of mss. and letters see Rauschenberg 1968). – Two letters in Dixson Libr., Sydney; letter to Linnaeus from Rio de Janeiro in Karolinska Inst. Stockholm. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(1): 297; Barnhart 3: 300 (b. 12 Feb 1733, d. 13 Mai 1782); BB p. 282; BM 5: 1966-1967, 8: 1217; Bossert p. 376; Bret. p. 138, 202; Dawson p. 771-773; Desmond p. 572-573; DNB 53: 212-213 (18: 620-621); Dryander 3: 248; DSB 12: 515-517 (by R.A. Rauschenberg); Frank 3 (Anh.): 98; Hegi 5(4): 2555; Henrey 2: 741 (index); Hortus 3: 1204; HR; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 343; KR p. 655-660 (main bibl.; many data on contr. to works by others); Lasègue p. 280, 364, 391, 392, 502; NI alph., indexes; PR (alph.), 497; Quenstedt p. 404; RS nos. 1146, 1284, 3516, 3753) 5018; SK 1: 492-493, 4: xciv-xcv, 5: cccxxii, 8: xciii; SO 540, add. 540, 2499a; TL-1/10, see index; TL-2/72, 295, 1663, 4159, and see indexes; Tucker 1: 659; Urban-Berl. p. 399; Zander ed. 10, p. 718, ed. 11, p. 820. #### Biofile - Allan, H.H., J.R. New Zealand Inst. Hist. 8(4): 85-90. 1939 (Solander and New Zealand Botany). - Anon., Austr. dict. biogr. 2 (1788-1789): 456-457; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 225: 608. 1964; Nova Acta Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 350-354. 1799 (vita); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1888-1890: 40. 1891 (on portr. at LINN). - Berghan, P., New Zealand Gard. 26(10): 13-17. 1969 (S. in New Zealand). - Berkeley, E. & D.S., Dr. Alexander Garden 160-161, 190, 224, 254, 259. 1969. - Blunt, W., The compleat naturalist 183, 189-190. 1971. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 438 \[index\]. 1980. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 43: 284-290. 1905 (coll. Banks and Solander); J. Bot. 44: 70-71. 1906 (Solander kept no journal of his visit to Australia); J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 45: 29, 47-48. 1920 (S. at the Cape). - Burke, D. & J., (trans.), Daniel Solander 1773-1782, naturalist and circumnavigator Piteå, Kommuns Kulturnämnd., Sweden. 1983, 11 p. - Cameron, H.C., Sir Joseph Banks 341 \[index\]. 1952. - Carr, D.J. & S.G.M., eds., People and plants in Australia 116, 124-126, 128, 132-135, 142, 153) 221, 251. 1981. - Cheeseman, T.F., Man. New Zealand flora xv-xix. 1906 (New Zealand collections Banks-Solander). - Cockayne, L., Trans. New Zealand Inst. 41: 404-405. 1908. - Darlington, W., Memorials 168, 240, 249, 250, 251, 259, 261, 262, 264, 265, 271, 274, 275, 279, 281, 291, 292, 293, 299, 430, 457. 1849. - Diment, J.A. & A. Wheeler, Arch. nat. Hist. 11(3): 457-488. 1984 (mss. in Brit. coll.). - Eig, A., J. Bot. 75: 185-187. 1937 (neglected Syrian plants of Banks and Solander). - Eriksson, G., Bot. hist. Sverige 240, 256, 258, 262, 266. 1969. - Fries, R.E., Levnadsteckn. k. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Ledam. 7: 59-81. 1948 (main biogr., portr.); K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Årsb. 1940: 279-300 (biogr., portr.); Short hist. bot. Sweden 32-33, 34, 44, 46, *pl. 1-2.* 1950. - Fries, T.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné ser. I. 1: 89, 241. 1907, 2: 192, 231, 335. 1908, 3: 19, 45, 78, 158, 162, 293. 1909, 4: 356. 1910, 5: 65, 92, 109, 209, 281, 283, 351. 1911, 6: 66, 182, 189, 193, 196, 198, 216, 269. 1912, 7: 139, 140. 1917; Linné 2: 62-64. 1903. - Gisselquist, C. & P. Tingbrand, Daniel Solander 1733-1782, naturvetare och världomseglare, Piteå 1983, English summary ib., 11 p. (six papers). - Glenn, R., Bot. expl. New Zealand 26-31. 1950. - Groves, E.W., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 4: 57-62. 1962 (notes on Banks-Solander specimens with itinerary). - Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 70, 328. 1981 (coll. S. Africa). - Gunther, A.E. Founders science Brit. Mus. 15-21. 1980. - Hall, N., Botanists of the Eucalypts 120. 1978. - Howard, R.A. & E.S., J. Arnold Arb. 63: 63-81. 1982 (West Indian taxa in S.'s *Florula Indiae occidentalis*). - Hulth, J.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné ser. I. 8: 145, 146. 1922, ser. 2. 1: 150-152, 286, 400, 418. 1916, and A.H. Uggla 2: 164, 187, 197, 200, 221. 1943. - Iredale, T., Ibis 55: 127-135. 1913 (S. as an ornithologist). - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 134 (suppl.): 20. 1922 (notes Linn. herb.). - Jonsell, B., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 106: 1-19. 1982 (on S. and Linnaeus); Arch. nat. Hist. 11(3): 443-450. 1984 (years in Sweden). - Karsten, M.C., The old company's garden at the Cape 82-86, 99. 1951. - Lemmon, K., Golden age of plant hunters 228 \[index\]. 1968. - Lindman, C.A.M., Ark. f. Bot. 7(3): 14-16. 1907 (Solander material in Linnaean herb. at S.). - Lindman, S., Sv. män kvinn. 7: 122. 1954 (biogr., portr.). - Löwegren, Y., Naturaliekabinett i Sverige 152, 341, 349, 365. 1952 (zool. coll.). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 684. 1985. - Lyte, C., Sir Joseph Banks 247 \[index\] 1980. - Maiden, J.H., J. Proc. R. Soc. N.S.W. 42: 81-82. 1908, 55: 166-167. 1922. - Marshall, J.B., Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. 6(1): 2-4, 13, 15-16, 29-34, 71-85. 1978; Arch. nat. Hist. 11(3): 451-456. 1984. - McGillivray, D.J., Austral. nat. Hist. 16(8): 251-254. 1969(first bot. stud. Austral.); Contr. N.S.W. Natl. Herb. 4: 112-125. 1970 (checklist ill. Botany Cook's first voyage). - Merrill, E.D., Chron. bot. 14(5/6): 376 \[index\]. 1954 (Botany Cook's Voy.). - Moore, D.M., Fl. Tierra del Fuego 6, 9. 1983 (BM: 104 sheets). - Nilsson, S., Sv. bot. Tidskr. 77(6): 331-336. 1983 ("to send a man to Botany Bay"). - Papavero, N., Essays hist. neotrop. Dipterol. 1: 16-17, 26, 27, 29, 33. 1971. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 955-956. 1863. - Ramsbottom, J., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 4: 197. 1963 (on duplicates of Banks and Solander specimens at BM with respect to Groves, 1962). - Rauschenberg, R.A., Isis 55: 62-67. 1964 (letter Banks on S.); Trans. Amer. philos. Soc. ser. 2. 58(8): 1-65. 1968 (D.C.S., naturalist on the "Endeavour", important modern study); Isis, Cambridge 55: 62-67. 1964 (letter by Banks descr. life of Solander), 58: 367-374. 1967 (biogr. sketch). - Rydberg, S., Jorden runt 32: 383-388. 1960. - Rydén, S., Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 43: 53-71. 1961 (on S. and J. Alströmer). - Selling, O.H., Tidens Kalender 1954: 126-131. (on S. in Australia); Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 45: 128-137. 1963 (on S.'s nat. hist. cabinet). - Smith, E., Life Joseph Banks 346 \[index\]. 1911. - Smith, J.E., Selection corr. Linnaeus 2: 7-25. 1821 (letters Solander to J.E. Smith). - Stafleu, F.A., *in* L'Héritier, C.L., Sert. angl. facs. ed. xxii \[index\]. 1961; Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 383 \[index\]. 1971; *in* G.S. Daniels & F.A. Stafleu, Taxon 25: 68. 1976 (portr.). - Stearn, W.T., Endeavour 27(100): 3-10. 1968 (bot. results Endeavour voy.); Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 18-20, 163, 216, 281-282, 295. 1981; *in* C. Gisselquist & P. Tingbrand, Daniel Solander 1733-1782, Piteå 1983, p. 150-155; Arch. nat. Hist. 11(3): 499-503. 1984 (S. and Pacific nat. hist.). - Tingbrand, P., Arch. nat. Hist. 11(3): 489-498. 1984 ("around the world pioneer"). - Uggla, A.H., Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 37-38: 23-64. 1955 (on S. and Linnaeus). - Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 113. 1906. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 22. 1935, 2: 12. 1936, 3: 213. 1937, 5: 61, 141, 238. 1941. - Wallin, S., Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 44: 68. 1961 (1962) (Wedgwood medallion portr.). - Wallström, T., Svenska upptäckare 82-94 \[Höganäs\]. 1983 (portr.). - Wheeler, A., Arch. nat. Hist. 11(3): 505-515. 1984 (zool.-Cook's voy.). - Whitley, G.P., Austral. nat. Hist. 16(8): 247-250. 1969 (S. in Australia). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 98. 1903, 3(3): 83. 1905. - Woodward, B.B., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 28-50. 1904 (mss. at BM). #### Composite works - (1) Editor, C. Linnaeus, *Elementa botanica*, \[Upsaliae 1756\], 4 p. (SO 540), repr. *in* C. Linnaeus, *Syst. nat.* ed. 10. 2: 825-827. 1759 and in subsequent editions of *Syst. nat.* and *Syst. veg.* - (2) *Carex capitata* Sol., *in* C. Linnaeus, *Syst. nat.* ed. 10. 2: 1261. 1759. - (3) *Plantae, in* C.J Phipps, *A voyage towards the North Pole*... 1794, p. 200-204. - (4) Co-author, J. Ellis, *Nat. hist. Zooph. 1786*, see TL-2/1663 (IDC 2244). - (5) Many data taken from Solander manuscripts were used by J. Dryander in W. Aiton, *Hort. kew.* eds. 1 and 2, see KR p. 656-657, no. 13. - (6) Contributions to J. Gaertner, *Fruct. sem.pl.* 1788-1791 (TL-2/1925), p. 112, 113, 124, 170-172, 174, 186, 283. - (7) See also J. Banks & D. Solander, *Ill. Austral. pl. Cook's voy.* 1900-1905, TL-2/295. - (8) Further contributions by Solander to works by others, or entries based on Solander manuscripts are listed in great detail by KR p. 656-660, q.v. #### Eponymy *Solandra* Linnaeus (1759, *nom. rej.*); *Solandra* J.A. Murray (1785); *Solandra* O. Swartz (1787, *nom. cons.*). #### Handwriting Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. 6(1): 29-34, 71-85. 1978; J.E. Smith, Sel. corr. Linnaeus 2, 1821, facs.; Savage, S., Cat. Linn. Herb. fig. 40. 1945. #### Note - (1) Main biography: R.A. Rauschenberg, Daniel Carl Solander, naturalist on the Endeavour, Trans. Amer. philos. Soc. ser. 2. 58(8): 1968 (extensive lists of primary and secondary sources, manuscripts and letters). - (2) Monument: at Botany Bay near Sydney. #### Postage stamps New Zealand 2 s. (1935) yv. 205 (middle fig.); 18 c. (1969) yv. 495; Australia 5 c. (1970) yv. 410 (right fig.).