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Karl Ernst von Baer (Baltic German scientist and explorer)

  • Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn
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Baer, Karl Ernst von
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Date of birth
1792-02-28
Place of birth
Estonia
Date of death
1876-11-28
Place of death
Tartu

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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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