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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000790b.htm person Solander Daniel FRS AACR2 19 February 1733 13 May 1782 Place of Birth Piteå, Norrland, Sweden Place of Death London, England Zoologist Naturalist Explorer Daniel Solander received his botanical training at the university in Uppsala, Sweden, under Carl Linnaeus. Convinced of the merits of Linnaeus's new system of classification of natural objects, Solander went to England in 1760 to spread the word. In 1768 he was appointed scientific assistant on the voyage of H.M.B. Endeavour to the south seas under command of James Cook. Other members of the scientific complement on board were Joseph Banks, Herman Spöring, and Sydney Parkinson. On returning to London Solander became secretary and librarian to Banks, and worked on describing the plant specimens collected on the voyage. It was intended that these descriptions be published to accompany large-scale coloured engravings of the plants. Despite Banks spending considerable time and money on the preparation of the plates, nothing was published during his lifetime. In consequence Solander's reputation as a botanist was less than it should have been. His manuscript on the plants collected during the six months the expedition spent in New Zealand, "Primitae florae novae zelandiae", was also never published. 1760 1760 Life event - Arrived in England 1763 1768 Career position - Assistant Librarian, British Museum 1764 1782 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1768 1771 Career position - Scientific assistant (botanist) on board H.M.B. Endeavour under command of James Cook 1771 1771 Award - Doctor of Civil Law, University of Oxford 1771 1782 Career position - Secretary and librarian to Joseph Banks 1772 1772 Life event - Travelling with Joseph Banks to Scotland and Iceland 1773 1773 Award - Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1925 1925 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus gummifera (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Hochr. Dryander, Jonas Carlsson (1748 - 1810) Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820) Spöring, Herman Diedrich (c. 1733 - 1771) Parkinson, Sydney (1745? - 1771) Australian Joint Copying Project, National Library of Australia; and State Library of New South Wales (1945 - 1993)

AJCP M2540 - M2554

 Cook, James (1728 - 1779)

Assistant to Joseph Banks of Cook's first voyage (1768 - 1771)

 H.M.B. Endeavour, Royal Navy (1764 - 1778)

Assistant to Joseph Banks 1768 - 1771

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 Solander, Daniel Charles (1733-1782)

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 'Solander, Daniel', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Solander, Daniel Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Commemoration Address Fries, R. E. Commemoration Address Stockholm 1940 Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences Year-Book Journal Article: Dr Solander Dr Solander 1922 Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia 24 77 Journal Article: Short History of the Discovery and Naming of Banksias in Eastern Australia: Part 1, Banks and Solander Salkin, A. I. Short History of the Discovery and Naming of Banksias in Eastern Australia: Part 1, Banks and Solander 1981 The Victorian naturalist 98 2 69-71 Edited Book: Daniel Solander 1733-1782, Naturvetenskapsman och Varldsomseglare Gisselqvist, Christian and Tingbrand, Per Daniel Solander 1733-1782, Naturvetenskapsman och Varldsomseglare Pitea Pitea Kommuns Kulturnamnd 1983 Edited Book: Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782 Duyker, Edward and Tingbrand, Per Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782 Melbourne Melbourne University Press at Miegunyah Press 1995 Book Section: Solander, Daniel (1733-1782), naturalist Gilbert, L. A. Solander, Daniel (1733-1782), naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 456-457 Book: Botanical Venus: Daniel Solander in New Holland 2 June - 9 September 2001 Gertsakis, Elizabeth, Curator Botanical Venus: Daniel Solander in New Holland 2 June - 9 September 2001 Melbourne Australia Post 2001 Journal Article: Solander as an Ornithologist Iredale, T. Solander as an Ornithologist 1913 Ibis 127-135 Journal Article: Specimens, slips and systems, Daniel Solander and the classification of nature at the world's first public museum, 1753 - 1768 Rose, Edwin D. Specimens, slips and systems, Daniel Solander and the classification of nature at the world's first public museum, 1753 - 1768 2018 British Journal for the History of Science 51 2 205-37 Review: Far from decorative prints Clarkson, John Far from decorative prints 2024 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 201 65-6 Journal Article: Backdrop to Encounter: the 1770 Landscape of Botany Bay, the Plants collected by Banks and Solander and the Rehabilitation of Natural Vegetation at Kurnell Benson, Doug and Eldershaw, Georgina Backdrop to Encounter: the 1770 Landscape of Botany Bay, the Plants collected by Banks and Solander and the Rehabilitation of Natural Vegetation at Kurnell 2007 Cunninghamia 10 113-137 Journal Article: A letter of Sir Joseph Banks describing the life of Daniel Solander Rauschenberg, R. A. A letter of Sir Joseph Banks describing the life of Daniel Solander 1968 Isis 55 62-7 Book: Proof engravings prepared for Sir Joseph Banks from plant drawings made by Sydney Parkinson on James Cook's Endeavour voyage Mabberley, David J. Proof engravings prepared for Sir Joseph Banks from plant drawings made by Sydney Parkinson on James Cook's Endeavour voyage Marrickville, N.S.W. Carbon8 2024 Journal Article: Notes on the botanical specimens collected by Banks and Solander on Cook's first voyage, together with an itinerary of landing localities Groves, E. W. Notes on the botanical specimens collected by Banks and Solander on Cook's first voyage, together with an itinerary of landing localities 1962 Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 4 1 57-62 Journal Article: The East Coast of the North Island: Zoological Collections of the Endeavour Voyage Andrews, John Robert Haydon The East Coast of the North Island: Zoological Collections of the Endeavour Voyage 2012 Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 42 2 139-44 Book: Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander, 1733-1782, Naturalist and Voyager with Cook and Banks Duyker, Edward Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander, 1733-1782, Naturalist and Voyager with Cook and Banks Melbourne Miegunyah Press 1998 Book: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks : 1768 - 1771 Beaglehole, J. C. The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks : 1768 - 1771 Sydney Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales in association with Angus and Robertson 1963 Book: Great voyages of exploration: the golden age of discovery in the Pacific Brosse, Jacques; translated by Hochman, Stanley Great voyages of exploration: the golden age of discovery in the Pacific Lane Cove, N.S.W. Doubleday Australia 1983 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Journal Article: Records of Australian botanists (second supplement) Maiden, J. H. Records of Australian botanists (second supplement) 1921 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 55 150-169 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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 Daniel Solander - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Daniel Solander - Records MS 3607 1768 Letter from Rio de Janeiro written on board the "Endeavour" to Linnaeus 1768. 1 item Daniel Solander - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Daniel Solander - Records ML DOC 1659 1768 - 1782 Photocopy of the description in Latin of a New Zealand botanical specimen "Clienthus puniceus" or Kaka Beak, made on Cook's first voyage in 1769 and finally on a Solander slip [ML DOC 1659]. Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes Joseph Banks - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Joseph Banks - Records MS Q158-161 1774 - 1814 Correspondence 1774-1814. Includes correspondence with George Caley and Daniel Solander. Joseph Banks - Records Powerhouse Museum Joseph Banks - Records ML MSS 2144 1766 - 1820 Banks papers 1766-1820 comprising over 27 volumes (Volumes 1-15 making up the Brabourne collection), includes correspondence, notes, plans, sketches and other documents in both manuscript and microform as well as microfilmed photocopied and facsimile copies of Banks' papers held by other repositories. These papers span the whole of Banks' scientific work on Australia and a comprehensive list of the collection is available at the Guide Shelf B. 27 volumes