* Astronomy

Carl Swartz, a Swedish amateur astronomer and correspondent of Charles Dupuis, Jean Delambre, and Jean Bailly, wrote a treatise in Swedish on the origin and meaning of the constellations, which was translated into French and went through several editions. Peter Doig (A Concise History of Astronomy, 1951) - borrowing from Edward Maunder (JBAA, 1909) - reinforced the error that Carl Swartz was, for several years, the Swedish consul at Baku on the Caspian Sea.
Carl Gottlieb Swartz, b. 13 Sept. 1757 in Norrköping and d. 11 May 1824 in Paris was the second son of Petter Swartz (1726-1789), snuff manufacturer in Norrköping, and Brita Ryy (1725-1783).
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