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Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
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Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
1794-04-17 – 1868-12-13
Life & Legacy
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he traveled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. In 1840 he became the founding editor of Flora Brasiliensis, a comprehensive flora of Brazil, which was not completed until 1906, 62 years after his death.
Occupation & Career
explorer, pteridologist, botanist, university teacher, mycologist, physician, anthropologist, naturalist, world traveler, cartographer, botanical collector, scientific collector, philologist, ethnologist, musical instrument maker, violin maker, writer
Education
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art · Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Employer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Organizations & Memberships
Academy of Science for Public Utility · Academy of Sciences of Turin · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities · French Academy of Sciences · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences · Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Education & Institutions
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
Verified Legacy Record
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Foreign Member of the Royal Society
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Family Father
Ernst Wilhelm Martius
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Family Spouse
Franziska von Martius
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Sources & Provenance
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