Background
Dryander was born in Gothenburg.
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biologist Botanist Librarian pteridologist
Dryander was born in Gothenburg.
He was a pupil of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University. He arrived in London on 10 July 1777. He was botanist/librarian to Sir Joseph Banks from 1782 (following the death of Daniel Solander), librarian of the Royal Society and Vice-President of the Linnean Society.
Dryander"s publications included Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks (1796-1800).
The genus Dryandra was named in his honour by his friend and fellow Swede Thunberg.
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Linnean Society of London]
In 1784, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.