Peter Simon Pallas
1741 – 1811 · aged 70
German zoologist and botanist (1741–1811)
- Born
- 22 Sept 1741 · Berlin
- Died
- 8 Sept 1811 · Berlin
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- 22 Sept 1741BornBorn in Berlin
- 8 Sept 1811DiedDied in Berlin
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
Biography
Peter Simon Pallas FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussian zoologist, botanist, ethnographer, explorer, geographer, geologist, natural historian, and taxonomist. He studied natural sciences at various universities in early modern Germany and worked primarily in the Russian Empire between 1767 and 1810.
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