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Last Name Akerman
Given Name Anders
alt. Names A. A. ; Andrew / Åkerman / Andreas the Elder ;
Marriage
Children
Year born 1721
Year died 1778
Place of death Uppsala
Father's occupation
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Education influenced by the scientific accomplishments of members of the French Academy
Country of Activity Sweden
Worked for Uppsala Vetenskapssocietet as official graveur ; Atlas Juvenilis eller Geographiska Charto (1768) ;
Patronage kongl. Vetenskapssocietet. in Uppsala ; Kosmografiska Sällskapet (= Cosmographical Society, founded in 1758)
Collaborators S. Insulin, the astronomer Friedrich M. Mallet ; geophysicist & mineralogist Torbern Olaf Bergman ; pupil ->Erik Borg ;
Techniques zoological painting, drawing, and engraving ; 3D globe making
Sample(s) www.swaen.com/antique-map-of.php?id=18841 ; www.aradergalleries.com/detail.php?id=3003
Archival sources see his portrait at www.flickr.com/photos/63794459@N07/6151057700/
Published sources Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ;
other Akerman died in poverty in 1778. His workshop became the property of the Swedish state & -> Frederik Akrel, engraver and long-time assistant of Akerman, was appointed its head.
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