langs: 14 августа [ru] / august 14 [en] / 14. august [de] / 14 août [fr] / 14 agosto [it] / 14 de agosto [es]
days: august 11 / august 12 / august 13 / august 14 / august 15 / august 16 / august 17
This is a list of giant pandas , both alive and deceased. The giant panda is a conservation-reliant vulnerable species . [1] Wild population estimates vary; one estimate shows that there are about 1,590 individuals living in the wild, [2] while a 2006 study via DNA analysis estimated that this figur
#2 List of longest living dogs
This is a list of the oldest verified dogs in the world, listed by age, all of whom have attained the minimum age of 20. Aging in dogs depends on breed, size and diet. This article possibly contains inappropriate or misinterpreted citations that do not verify the text . ( October 2015 )
Over 7,500 cultivars of the culinary or eating apple ( Malus domestica ) are known. [1] Some are extremely important economically as commercial products, though the vast majority are not suitable for mass production. In the following list, use for "eating" means that the fruit is consumed raw, rathe
William Fawcett (1851–1926) was a British botanist and coauthor of the Flora of Jamaica . William Fawcett Born 1851 Died 1926 Scientific career Fields Botany He was born in Arklow , County Wicklow , on 13 February 1851. He studied at the University of London , obtaining a BSc in 1879. He became a Fe
#2 Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz
Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz (14 August 1790, in Éclépens – 27 February 1863, in Lausanne ) was a Swiss historian and botanist . Swiss historian and botanist, noted for work on Violaceae (1790-1863) Gingins 1860 From 1817 to 1828 he worked as a translator of the French language in the
Olav Johan Sopp (né Johan Oluf Olsen; 6 October 1860 – 14 August 1931) was a Norwegian mycologist . He was a pioneer of Norwegian and international mycological research. He was the first to suggest classifying fungi as belonging to neither plantae nor animalia , but to a third kingdom . He also cont
Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal ( Malayalam : കാട്ടുങ്ങൽ സുബ്രഹ്മണ്യം മണിലാൽ ) (born 17 September 1938) is an Emeritus of the University of Calicut , [1] a botany scholar and taxonomist , who devoted over 35 years of his life to research, translation and annotation work of the Latin botanical treatise
Floyd Alonzo McClure (14 August 1897, Shelby County, Ohio – 15 April 1970, Bethesda, Maryland ) was an American botanist and plant collector. He was one of the world's leading experts on bamboo and worked in China for 24 years. [1] [2] [3] Floyd Alonzo McClure Born 14 August 1897 Sidney Died 15
Carl Albert Kemmler (14 August 1813, Apfelhof bei Mergentheim – 1 November 1888, Donnstetten) was a German clergyman and botanical collector . [1] From 1847 to 1863 he served as a pastor in Untersontheim , afterwards performing a similar role in the town of Donnstetten. As a botanist, he collected p
#7 William Archer (naturalist)
William Archer FRS (6 May 1830 (1827?) – 14 August 1897) was an Irish naturalist and microscopist especially interested in Protozoa and Desmids . For other botanists with a similar name, see William Andrew Archer and William Archer (architect) . This article needs additional citations for verificati
Józef Thomasz Rostafiński (14 August 1850 – 5 May 1928) was a Polish botanist . He was born in Warsaw, and studied in Jena , Halle , and Strassburg , where he achieved his PhD before being appointed lecturer at the university of Krakow . [1] Polish botanist (1850–1928) Józef Rostafiński One of his b
Björn Gustaf Oscar Floderus (14 August 1867, Uppsala – 12 May 1941, Stockholm ) was a Swedish physician and botanist , specializing in the willow genus Salix . He was the son of educator Manfred Mustafa Floderus (1832–1909). [1] Swedish physician and botanist (1867–1941) Beginning in 1885 he studied
#10 Erik Acharius
Erik Acharius (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology ." Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus . Swedish botanist (1757-1819) Erik Acharius Born 10 October 1757 Gävle , Sweden Died 14 A
#11 William Houstoun (botanist)
William Houstoun (occasionally spelt Houston) (1695?–1733) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who collected plants in the West Indies , Mexico and South America . Houstoun was born in Houston, Renfrewshire . He began a degree course in medicine at St Andrew's University but interrupted his studies
Thomas Wallace Whitaker (August 13, 1904 – November 29, 1993) was an American botanist and horticulturist who spent most of his career working as a geneticist for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He specialized in the study of economically important plants such as squashes , inves
James ( Jacobus ) J. Dickson (1738–1822) was a Scottish nurseryman , plant collector , botanist and mycologist . Between 1785 and 1801 he published his Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum Britanniae , a four-volume work in which he published over 400 species of algae and fungi that occur in the Bri
Bernice Giduz Schubert (October 6, 1913 – August 14, 2000) was an American botanist. Her academic career developed over 53 years as a professor and herbarium curator with Harvard University . Bernice Giduz Schubert Born 6 October 1913 Boston Died 14 August 2000 (aged 86) Alma mater Radcliffe
Arthur Wallis Exell OBE (21 May 1901, in Birmingham – 15 January 1993, in Cheltenham ) [1] was initially an assistant and later Deputy Keeper of Botany at the British Museum during the years 1924–1939 and 1950–1962. [2] A noted cryptographer , taxonomist and phytogeographer , he was notable for his
Charles Victor Naudin (14 August 1815 in Autun – 19 March 1899 in Antibes ) was a French naturalist and botanist . French naturalist and botanist (1815–1899) Charles Naudin
#17 William Buckland
William Buckland DD , FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster . He was also a geologist and palaeontologist . English geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856) For other people named William Buckland, see William Buckland (disambiguation) . The V
Louis Cutter Wheeler (1910–1980) was an American botanist and professor of botany with an international reputation for his research on Euphorbiaceae . [1] Louis Cutter Wheeler Born ( 1910-08-02 ) August 2, 1910 La Verne, California Died August 14, 1980 (1980-08-14) (aged 70) Nationality American S
#19 Wolfgang Frey
Wolfgang Frey (born 14 August 1942 in Rechberghausen ) is a German bryologist and phytogeographer . This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation W. Frey when citing a botanical name . [1] German bryologist and phytogeographer
William Henry Brewer (September 14, 1828 – November 2, 1910) was an American botanist . He worked on the first California Geological Survey and was the first Chair of Agriculture at Yale University 's Sheffield Scientific School . [1] American botanist (1828–1910) William Henry Brewer Born ( 1829-09
#1 Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (also called the Darjeeling Zoo ) is a 67.56-acre (27.3 ha) zoo in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal . The zoo was opened in 1958, and an average elevation of 7,000 feet (2,134 m) , is the largest high altitude zoo in India. It spec
Adventure World ( ja : 白浜アドベンチャーワールド, Shirahama Adventure World ) is a theme park that integrates a zoo , a public aquarium , and an amusement park in the town on Shirayama , Wakayama Prefecture , Japan . It is operated by Hours Co., Ltd. (AWS), an affiliate of Marusue Co., Ltd. (real estate / const
#3 Toronto Zoo
The Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. Encompassing 287 hectares (710 acres) , [1] the Toronto Zoo is the largest zoo in Canada. [7] It is divided into seven zoogeographic regions: Indo-Malaya, Africa, Americas, Tundra Trek, Australasia, Eurasia, and the Canadian Domain. Som
Tiergarten Schönbrunn – Schönbrunn Zoo – was established by the Habsburgs in the park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna’s 13th district of Hietzing in 1752 and is today the world’s oldest zoo that is still in operation. Zoologist Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck has been the zoo’s director since 2020. Schönbru
#5 Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide Zoo is Australia's second oldest zoo (after Melbourne Zoo ), and it is operated on a non-profit basis. [3] It is located in the parklands just north of the city centre of Adelaide , South Australia . It is administered by the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Incorporated (trading