Peter Ascanius

Peter Ascanius
Born (1723-05-24)24 May 1723
Aure, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Died 4 June 1803(1803-06-04) (aged 80)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citizenship Norwegian
Scientific career
Fields Biologist
Academic advisors Linnaeus

Peter Ascanius (24 May 1723 – 4 June 1803) was a Norwegian biologist.[1]

He was born at Aure in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He was a student of Linnaeus. He taught zoology and mineralogy in Copenhagen from 1759 to 1771, and later worked as a supervisor at the mines in Kongsberg and elsewhere in Norway. Among his published works was the five-volume illustrated Icones rerum naturalium. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1755 as a Foreign Member.[2][3]

Ascanius first described the giant oarfish in 1772.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Peder Ascanius (1723-1803)" (PDF). Naturhistorisk Museum, UiO. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Fellow details". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Rune S. Selbekk. "Peder Ascanius". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Legendary Giant Oarfish that grows up to 50ft long and lives nearly a MILE undersea recorded in its natural environment for first time". Mail Online (Daily Mail). United Kingdom. June 8, 2013. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.


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