Karl Ernst von Baer
1792 – 1876 · aged 84
Baltic German scientist (1792-1876)
- Born
- 1792 · Piibe
- Died
- 1876 · Tartu
Life timeline
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- 1792BornBorn in Piibe
- 1803 – 1815WarNapoleonic Wars
- 1831AwardMontyon Science Award
- 1854AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1867AwardCopley Medal
- 1873AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1876DiedDied 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
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn (Russian: Карл Макси́мович Бэр; 28 February [O.S. 17 February] 1792 – 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1876) was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of embryology. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a co-founder of the Russian Geographical Society, and the first president of the Russian Entomological Society, making him one of the most distinguished Baltic German scientists.
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