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Karl Maximovich

Russian botanist

Died when: 63 years 85 days (758 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Karl Maximovich

Carl Johann Maximovich (also Karl Ivanovich Maximovich, Russian: Карл Иванович Максимович; 23 November 1827 in Tula, Russia – 16 February 1891 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian botanist.

Maximovich spent most of his life studying the flora of the countries he had visited in the Far East, and naming many new species.

He worked at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Gardens from 1852 as curator of the herbarium collection, becoming Director in 1869.


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