Editing Jonas Carlsson Dryander (section)

==Biography==
Dryander was born in [[Gothenburg]], Sweden. He was the son of Carl Leonard Dryander and Brita Maria Montin. He was a pupil of [[Carl Linnaeus]] at [[Uppsala University]]. He entered [[Lund University]] in 1778 and received his  [[Master of Philosophy]] in 1778.<ref name="jcd"/>

He arrived in [[London]] on 10 July 1777. He became associated with Sir [[Joseph Banks]] and,  following the death of  Swedish naturalist  [[Daniel Solander]] in 1782, was the [[librarian]] of the [[Royal Society]] and vice-president of the [[Linnean Society of London]].<ref name="jcd"/>

Dryander's publications included ''Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks'' (1796-1800).

In 1784, he was elected a foreign member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].

The genus ''[[Dryandra]]'' was named in his honour by his friend and fellow scientist [[Carl Peter Thunberg]] (1743–1828)<ref name=DryanderDNB>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Dryander, Jonas|volume= 16}}</ref> and [[Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)|Robert Brown]] named ''[[Grevillea dryandri]]'' in his honour.<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=187 |edition=3rd}}</ref>

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