Nikolay Przhevalsky
1839 – 1888 · aged 49
Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)
- Born
- 1839 · Kimborovo
- Died
- 1888 · Karakol
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- 1839BornBorn in Kimborovo
- 1878AwardAlexander von Humboldt Medal
- 1879AwardFounder’s Medal
- 1884AwardVega Medal
- 1888DiedDied in Karakol
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (or Przewalski or Prjevalsky; 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1839 – 1 November [O.S. 20 October] 1888) was a Russian geographer and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia. Although he never reached his ultimate goal, the city of Lhasa in Tibet, he still travelled through regions then unknown to Westerners, such as northern Tibet (modern Tibet Autonomous Region), Amdo (now Qinghai) and Dzungaria (now northern Xinjiang). He contributed substantially to European knowledge of Central Asian geography.
Przhevalsky described several species previously unknown to European science, such as Przewalski's horse, Przewalski's gazelle, and the wild Bactrian camel, all of which are now endangered. He was also a mentor of the explorer Pyotr Kozlov.
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