Peter Simon Pallas

Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) was a male explorer, zoologist, ornithologist, and botanist born and deceased in Berlin. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire. His professional fields included zoology, botany, geography, and geology. Pallas was educated at Leiden University, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and the University of Göttingen. He worked for the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

He was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Pallas received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. He resided in Berlin, The Hague, Saint Petersburg, and Simferopol. His notable works include *Illustrationes plantarum imperfecte vel nondum cognitarum*, *Neue nordische Beyträge zur physikalischen und geographischen Erd- und Völkerbeschreibung, Naturgeschichte und Oekonomie*, *Naturgeschichte merkwürdiger Thiere*, and *Kratkoe fizicheskoe i topograficheskoe opisanīe Tavricheskoĭ oblasti*. He authored 77 works and was described by sources such as the *Nordisk familjebok* and *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.