Biographical entry Solander, Daniel (1733 - 1782)

Summary

Daniel Solander was appointed to James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific on board the "Endeavour" 1768-71, as a scientific assistant. He was later secretary and librarian to Joseph Banks.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Daniel Solander - Records, 1768 - 1782, ML DOC 1659; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Joseph Banks - Records, 1774 - 1814, MS Q158-161; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Daniel Solander - Records, 1768, MS 3607; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Powerhouse Museum

• Joseph Banks - Records, 1766 - 1820, ML MSS 2144; Powerhouse Museum. Details

Published resources

Books

• Duyker, Edward, Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander, 1733-1782, Naturalist and Voyager with Cook and Banks, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 1998, 436 pp. Details
• Gertsakis, Elizabeth, Curator, Botanical Venus: Daniel Solander in New Holland 2 June - 9 September 2001, Australia Post, Melbourne, 2001, 16 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Fries, R. E., 'Commemoration Address', in Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences Year-Book, Stockholm, 1940. Details
• Gilbert, L. A., 'Solander, Daniel (1733-1782), naturalist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 456-457. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020421b.htm. Details

Edited Books

• Duyker, Edward and Tingbrand, Per (eds), Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782, Melbourne University Press at Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 1995, 484 pp. Details
• Gisselqvist, Christian and Tingbrand, Per (eds), Daniel Solander 1733-1782, Naturvetenskapsman och Varldsomseglare, Pitea Kommuns Kulturnamnd, Pitea, 1983, 179 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Dr Solander', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia, vol. 24, 1922, p. 77. Details
• Iredale, T., 'Solander as an Ornithologist', Ibis, 1913, pp. 127-135. Details
• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Australian Botanists', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. lv, 1921, pp. 60-132; 150-169. Details
• Salkin, A. I., 'Short History of the Discovery and Naming of Banksias in Eastern Australia: Part 1, Banks and Solander', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 98, no. 2, 1981, pp. 69-71. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Solander, Daniel Charles', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1298011. Details