13 Facts About Anders Dahl

Anders Dahl was a Swedish botanist and student of Carl Linnaeus.

Andreas Dahl was the son of Christoffer Dahl, a preacher, and his wife, Johanna Helena Enegren.

Anders Dahl was probably christened "Andreas" but was known as "Anders".

Anders Dahl had an older brother Erik who was born in 1749, in Varnhem.

Anders Dahl's mother died in 1760, and two years later, Christoffer married Helena Elisabeth Kolmodin, daughter of the poet Olof Kolmodin.

In 1761 Anders Dahl began school in Skara, and found several schoolmates who shared his interest in natural science.

Anders Dahl's employment involved several journeys in Sweden and abroad, where he collected natural history specimens both for Alstromer and himself.

Anders Dahl brought his personal herbarium to Turku, which later was destroyed in the historic fire of 1827.

Parts of Anders Dahl's collections have been preserved in Sahlberg's herbarium in the Botanical Museum at the University of Helsinki, and in Giseke's herbarium in the Royal Botanical Garden at Edinburgh.

Anders Dahl's only publication during his time in Gothenburg was a result of what was probably one of the first environmental-impact studies.

Anders Dahl was one of three members of a commission who studied the issue and wrote regulations regarding waste products from the try houses.

The naming of the dahlia after Anders Dahl has long been a subject of some confusion.

Anders Dahl was honoured in the 1780s, Carl Peter Thunberg, a friend from Uppsala, named a species of plant from the family Hamamelidaceae after him.