Anton Rolandsson Martin

Anton Rolandsson Martin (3 August 1729 at Mijntenhoff Manor, Reval – 30 January 1785 in Åbo) was a Swedish botanist. He was son of Roland Martin, who later became an appeals court judge, and was born when the family was visiting friends in current Estonia. In the mid-1730s, the family moved to Åbo in present-day Finland, as the father received a position as secretary at the appeals court (hovrätt) there. Martin was enrolled at Royal Academy of Åbo in 1745, where he spent time as musician and a music teacher, while at the same time doing botanical excursions and discovering several plants previously unknown in Finland.

Anton Rolandsson Martin

Anton Rolandsson Martin (3 August 1729 at Mijntenhoff Manor, Reval – 30 January 1785 in Åbo) was a Swedish botanist. He was son of Roland Martin, who later became an appeals court judge, and was born when the family was visiting friends in current Estonia. In the mid-1730s, the family moved to Åbo in present-day Finland, as the father received a position as secretary at the appeals court (hovrätt) there. Martin was enrolled at Royal Academy of Åbo in 1745, where he spent time as musician and a music teacher, while at the same time doing botanical excursions and discovering several plants previously unknown in Finland.