| Authorised form of name | Solander; Daniel Charles (1733 - 1782); natural historian |
| Other forms of name | Daniel Carl |
| Daniel Carlsson |
| Dates | 1733 - 1782 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Place of birth | Piteå, Norrbotten, northern Sweden, Europe |
| Date of birth | 19 February 1733 |
| Place of death | At Sir Joseph Bank's residence, Soho Square, London, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 13 May 1782 |
| Dates and places | Burial: Swedish Church, Princess Square, London and upon its demolition in 1913 his remains were reburied by the Vetenskapsakademien, in the Swedish section of Brookwood cemetery, Woking, England. |
| Occupation | Natural historian |
| Research field | Zoology |
| Botany |
| Natural history |
| Activity | Education: Uppsala University, Sweden
Career:
Studied under Carl Linnaeus (FRS 1753); visited the northern shores of the Gulf of Bothnia to study the unusual flora of the Piteå and Torneå districts, returning with collections which were preserved in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm (1753-1755); went to London (1760); Assistant Librarian, British Museum; introduced Linnaean system of classification to English botanists; scientific assistant to Sir Joseph Banks (FRS 1766) and went on James Cook's first voyage (1768); Secretary and Librarian to Sir Joseph Banks; went to Iceland with Banks (1772); Keeper, Department of Natural History, British Museum (1773). |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1764 |
| Age at election | 31 |
| Proposer | William Hudson |
| Henry Willoughby |
| James Parsons |
| John Ellis |
| Philip Carteret Webb |
| Charles Morton |
| Thomas Birch |
| Peter Collinson |
| William Watson |
| Relationships | Parents: Carl Solander (1699–1760), Lutheran clergyman, and Magdalena Bostadia (1713–1789), the daughter of a high-ranking official in Västerbotten.
Siblings: Anna Magdalena. |
| Published works | RCN 29793
RCN 50474
RCN 45172
RCN 38155 |
| General context | Remembered for his systematic description and classification.
A56853 |
| Related images | Discover a selection of related images in our picture library |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; AE
Authority:
First Altname from DSB, second from Ryden; dates of birth and death from DSB
References:
Averil M Lysaght, 'Joseph Banks at Skara Brae and Stennis, Orkney, 1772' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 221-234
William T Stearn, 'A Royal Society Appointment with Venus in 1769: the Voyage of Cook and Banks in the Endeavour in 1768-1771 and its Botanical Results' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 64-90
John Thomas, 'Josiah Wedgwood's Portrait Medallions of Fellows of the Royal Society' in NR 1963 vol 18 pp 45-53, plate
Ryden, Stig, The Banks Collection: an Episode in 18th-Century Anglo-Swedish Relations (Goteborg, 1963)
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305
Notes:
DNB gives dates of birth and death as 28 February 1736 and 16 May 1782 |
| Royal Society code | NA2944 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1764/15 | Solander, Daniel Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| EC/1764/14 | Solander, Daniel Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| CB/1/5/196 | Letter from C J Phipps, Bath to Charles Blagden | 15 May 1782 |
| CB/1/5/195 | Letter from C J Phipps, Bath to Charles Blagden | 12 May 1782 |
| CB/1/6/146 | Letter from Daniel Solander, London to Charles Blagden | 26 August 1780 |
| CB/1/6/145 | Letter from Daniel Solander, London to Charles Blagden | 23 July 1780 |
| IM/004974 | Banks, Sir Joseph and Solander, Daniel | nd |
| L&P/6/134 | Letter, 'On gorgonia' from John Ellis to Daniel Charles Solander | 1775 |
| IM/001297 | Ellis, John and Solander, Daniel Charles | 2000 |
| CB/1/1/75 | Letter from Sir Joseph Banks to Charles Blagden at Mrs Nelmes, St James Churchyard, Bristol | 21 August 1773 |
| NLB/35/743 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Douglas Freshfield, Wych Cross Place, Forest Row, Sussex | 11 July 1907 |
| L&P/4/290 | Letter, 'Of the nature and formation of sponges' from John Ellis to Daniel Charles Solander | 1765 |