iFACTS | Johan Peter Falck

Date of Birth	26 November 1732.
Place of Birth	Kockstorp, Västergötland, Sweden.
Date of Death	31 March 1774.
Place of Death	Kazan, Russia.
Monuments Medals Etc.	Unknown.
Variations of Name's Spelling	Johann Peter Falk (in his travel journal Beyträge zur Topographischen Kenntniss...). Joh. P. Falck (in letters to Linnaeus). Ivan Petrovitj (named himself, during his time in St. Petersburg).
Preserved signature	In correspondence.
Portrait	Unknown.
Childhood, Adolescence & Education	Father, judicial adviser Peter Falck. Mother, Beata Winge. Studies, in Ulricehamn and Skara gymnasium. Student, Uppsala University, signed in 6 September 1751. He defended a Linnaean dissertation (Planta Alströmeria) in botany, 23 June 1762.
Professional Life	He worked during some of his student years as tutor for Carl Linnaeus’ son Carl. Curator, Kruse’s Cabinet of Natural History, St. Petersburg, from September 1763. He was appointed as Professor in medicine and botany 1765, Collegium medicum, St. Petersburg, together with curator ship for the botanical garden. He was conferred an honorary doctor’s degree in Uppsala 1772, (Falck probably never received this message).
Journeys & Voyages	Copenhagen, Denmark, September 1760. (He planned a journey to Arabia in company with Peter Forsskål, the journey was never realised for Falck). From Stockholm to St. Petersburg, Russia, September 1763. He participated in the Russian expedition (5 September 1768 - 31 March 1774) organised by the eminent German scientist Peter Simon Pallas together with J. G. Georgi and S. G. Gmelin. Part of the expedition reached the borders of China and Falck travelled in present day Russia and Kazakstan.
Travel Diaries & Other Publications in Connection with the Journeys & Voyages	Herr Joh. Pet. Falck: Beyträge zur Topographischen Kenntniss des Russischen Reichs 1785-1786, (ed. J.G. Georgi).
Civil Status & Family	Unknown, probably never married.
Preserved Collections & Manuscripts	Falcks’ travel journal, correspondence and further unpublished material related to his Russian journey, St. Petersburg, Archives of Russian Academy of Sciences. Falck’s collected natural history objects from the Russian journey, Herbarium Komarov Botanical Institute in St. Petersburg. Small collections of herbarium plants related to Falck; Bergius Herbarium and Swedish Museum of Natural History, both in Stockholm, Thunberg Herbarium in Uppsala, and The Linnean Society of London. Correspondence between Falck and Carl Linnaeus, Uppsala University Library. Letters, The Linnean Society of London, Linnean Correspondence. (Altogether 13 letters to Linnaeus 1763- 1768, and one letter from Linnaeus to Falck in 1772).
Extra Notes	Falck was the Linnaeus apostle who travelled the longest distance on land. Carl Peter Thunberg named the plant genus Falckia - within the Convolvulaceae family - to Falck’s memory in 1776. Besides his detailed research in natural history, Falck also accomplished ethnographical observations of significance during his long journey in Russia.
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