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The Correspondence of Eric Gustaf Lidbecks
Eric Gustaf Lidbeck (1724-1803) was a student at Uppsala University and one of Carl Linnaeus apostles. Lidbeck was Linnaeus only companion and secretary on his travels in Västergötland.
Lidbeck became Lecturer in Medicine at Lund University and was from 1752 the head of the Botanical Gardens. After study trips to Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, in 1756 he was appointed Professor of Natural History at Lunds university, a newly established post, and planting director of Skåne.
He introduced the growing of potatoes in Skåne and started planting mulberry trees for silk production in Lund. The tree plantations in the local park Lundagård have also been attributed to Lidbeck.
The Letters to Eric Gustaf Lidbeck (in Swedish)
Eric Gustaf Lidbeck.
Painting by M. D. Roth 1787.
Part of the Lund University
art collection.