Quotes:Hasselquist, Fredrik

Zirkoff, Boris

Hasselquist, Fredrik. Swedish naturalist, b. at Tornevalla, East Gothland, 1722; d. at Smyrna, Feb. 9, 1752. Went to the Univ, of Uppsala, 1741, where his talents and industry drew the attention of Linnaeus. Published in 1747 a dissertation, De viribus plantarum. Spent some time at Jerusalem, studying natural history of Palestine. Swedish Queen, Louisa Ulrica, purchased entire collection of plants, minerals, reptiles, insects, etc., he had made during his travels, and deposited it in the Drottningholm’s Castle. Linnaeus prepared from his various papers a work entitled Iter Palaestinum, 1757.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 10, p. 418