Charles De Geer
Entomologist
Charles De Geer was an entomologist, industrialist, civil servant and book collector. He came from a prominent Swedish-Dutch family. He was born in Sweden, spent most of his childhood and youth in the Dutch Republic, moved back to Sweden at the... Wikipedia
Born: January 30, 1720, Finspång, Sweden
Died: March 7, 1778 (age 58 years), Stockholm, Sweden
Grandchildren: Ulrik Gyldenstolpe, Charlotte Stierneld, Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe, and more
Parents: Jean Jacques de Geer and Petronella van der Esch
Great-grandparents: Louis De Geer, Petronella van Berkel, Anna Margaretha Bex, and more
Children: Charles De Geer, Charlotte Du Rietz, Emanuel de Geer, and more
Spouse: Charlotta Ribbing (m. 1743)