Peter Simon Pallas
German zoologist and botanist (1741–1811)
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Peter Simon Pallas was a German naturalist of the 18th century who studied both animals and plants, contributing to scientific knowledge during a period of major exploration and discovery. His work helped advance the understanding of the natural world during the Enlightenment era when comprehensive classification and description of species were becoming increasingly important to science.
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- Born
- 1741
- Died
- 1811
- Works
- 77
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- Illustrationes plantarum imperfecte vel nondum cognitarum
- Neue nordische Beyträge zur physikalischen und geographischen Erd- und Völkerbeschreibung, Naturgeschichte und Oekonomie
- Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis
- Naturgeschichte merkwürdiger Thiere
- Neue nordische beytrage zur physikalischen und geographischen erd- und völkerbeschreibung, naturgeschichte und oekonomie
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Peter Simon Pallas FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussian zoologist, botanist, ethnographer, explorer, geographer, geologist, natural historian, and taxonomist. He studied natural sciences at various universities in early modern Germany and worked primarily in the Russian Empire between 1767 and 1810.
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