Georg von Langsdorff
Georg Heinrich Freiherr von Langsdorff (8 April 1774 – 9 June 1852) was a German naturalist and explorer, as well as a Russian diplomat, better known by his Russian name, Grigori Ivanovich Langsdorf.
Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff | |
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| Born | 8 April 1774 Wöllstein, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 9 June 1852 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | German |
| Scientific career | |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Langsd. |
He was a naturalist and physician on the First Russian circumnavigation from 1803 to 1805. Later Langsdorff was nominated consul general of Russia in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From there he organized expeditions to Minas Gerais (1813 to 1820) and the Langsdorff Expedition to the Amazon rainforest, which lasted from 1825 to 1829.
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