Anton Rolandsson Martin (3 August 1729 at Mündi manor (Müntenhoff) near Paide, Estonia, Russian Empire – 30 January 1785 in Åbo) was a Swedish botanist.
[1] He was a son of Roland Martin, who later became an appeals court judge, and was born when the family was visiting friends in the Russian Empire (in an area now in Estonia).
In the mid-1730s, the family moved to Åbo in present-day Finland (then part of Sweden), as the father received a position as secretary at the appeals court (hovrätt) there.
The three-month trip went as far north as the 80th parallel, encountered difficult weather conditions, and Martin was only ashore for a few hours, on some small islands to the west of Spitsbergen.
He thereafter abandoned his plans for a higher degree, and in 1763 went to Finland, where he lived on small means in different cities but from 1770 in Åbo, receiving some financial support from friends.