Ferdinand von Wrangel
1796 – 1870 · aged 74
Baltic German explorer and Russian admiral (1797-1870)
- Born
- 1796 · Pskov
- Died
- 1870 · Tartu
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- 1796BornBorn in Pskov
- 1830 – 1835RoleChief manager of the Russian-American Company
- 1842AwardDemidov Prize
- 1870DiedDied in Tartu
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- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (Russian: Фердинанд Петрович Врангель, romanized: Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel; 9 January 1797 [O.S. 29 December 1796] – 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1870) was a Russian statesman, naval officer and explorer of Baltic German origin. He was also an honorary member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences and a founder of the Russian Geographic Society. He is best known as the chief manager of the Russian-American Company and the governor of Russian settlements in Alaska.
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