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Alexander von Middendorff
Alexander Theodor von Middendorff was a Russian zoologist and explorer of Baltic German and Estonian extraction. He was known for his expedition in 1843–45 to the extreme north and east of Siberia, describing the effects of permafrost on the spread of animals and plants.
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science · Estonian zoologist and explorer (1815–1894) · explorer · zoologist · ornithologist · botanist · university teacher · land owner · physician · traveler · naturalist · geographer · also Alexander von Middendorff, Middendorff
Born 6 August 1815 · Died 16 January 1894 · Q461620
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1894· 2 entries
Died 1894-01-16.
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At Hellenorm, Kreis Dorpat, in Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Valga County, Estonia)
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1888· 1 entry
Won Karl Ernst von Baer medal (1888).
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1870· 1 entry
Middendorff visited the Baraba steppe and in 1878 the Fergana Valley
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1846· 1 entry
Won Patron’s Medal (1846).
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1843· 1 entry
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1839· 1 entry
Under the patronage of Karl Ernst von Baer, he became assistant professor of zoology at Kiev University
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1837· 1 entry
With a dissertation (written in Latin) on polyps in the bronchi
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1824· 1 entry
When the young Middendorff was ready to go to school, was his status legitimized when his parents finally married
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1815· 1 entry
Born 1815-08-06.
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