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Karl Ernst von Baer

1792-02-17 – 1876-11-16

Illustrasjon hentet fra boken "Voyages de la Commission scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe" av ukjent forfatter og utgitt av Arthus BertrandParis : Arthus Bertrand, [1852] (Paris, [1852])Credit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

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.

Occupation & Career

explorer, anthropologist, zoologist, physician, entomologist, professor, botanist, land owner, botanical collector, physiologist, university teacher, naturalist

Education

Imperial University of Dorpat; University of Würzburg

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Copley Medal; Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Constantin Medal; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; Montyon Science Award; Order of Saint Stanislaus; Order of St. Vladimir; Order of Saint Anna, 1st class

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art · Constantin Medal · Copley Medal · Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · Montyon Science Award · Order of Saint Anna, 1st class · Order of Saint Stanislaus · Order of St. Vladimir · Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

Employer

Russian Academy of Sciences · S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy · University of Königsberg

Organizations & Memberships

Academy of Sciences of Turin · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities · Corporation Estonia · Estonian Naturalists' Society · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · Hungarian Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences · Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences · Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences · Russian Entomological Society · Russian Geographical Society