langs: 6 августа [ru] / august 6 [en] / 6. august [de] / 6 août [fr] / 6 agosto [it] / 6 de agosto [es]
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This is a list of individual famous actual dogs ; for famous dogs from fiction, see List of fictional dogs . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources . Hachikō , an Akita famed for his ex
This is a list of the oldest cats in the world, listed by reported age, all of whom have attained the minimum age of 25 years. Aging in cats depends on breed, size and diet. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing
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
#4 Ilish
The ilish ( Tenualosa ilisha ) ( Bengali : ইলিশ , romanized : iliś ; also known as the ilishi , hilsa , hilsa herring or hilsa shad , is a species of fish related to the herring , in the family Clupeidae . It is a very popular and sought-after food fish in the Indian Subcontinent , and is the nati
Trillium undulatum , commonly called painted trillium , painted lady (not to be confused with the painted lady butterfly), or trille ondulé in French, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the bunchflower family Melanthiaceae . It is also known as smiling wake robin or striped wake-robin . [4] [5]
The following is a list of notable trees . Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by their historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. The list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as well as trees from myths . This is a dynamic list and may nev
#3 History of the forest in Central Europe
The history of the forest in Central Europe is characterised by thousands of years of exploitation by people. Thus a distinction needs to be made between the botanical natural history of the forest in pre- and proto-historical times — which falls mainly into the fields of natural history and Paleobo
Hjalmar Frederik Christian Kiærskou (6 August 1835, Copenhagen – 18 March 1900), sometimes also stated as Hjalmar Kiaerskov , was a Danish botanist. Danish botanist (1835–1900) Hjalmar Kiærskou was the son of landscape artist Frederik Christian Jakobsen Kiærskou (1805–1891). In 1862 he graduated as
Ludwig Riedel (2 March 1790, Berlin , Germany – 6 August 1861, Rio de Janeiro , [1] Brazil ) was a German botanist . Riedel described relatively few species himself, but collected hundreds of new species, many named after him. The genus Riedelia ( Ericaceae ) was named for him by Meisner . [2] Germa
Kenneth D. Hill (6 August 1948 – 4 August 2010) was an Australian botanist , notable for his work on eucalypts , the systematics , evolution and conservation of the genus Cycas , as well as on botanical informatics . He was born in Armidale, New South Wales . He worked with the National Herbarium of
Adriance Sherwood Foster (1901–1973) was an American botanist known for his studies of plant anatomy . The first plant anatomist at the University of California, Berkeley , he was a two-time recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and served as president of the Botanical Society of America and the Inte
Ronald Melville FLS (12 March 1903 – 6 August 1985) [1] [2] He was an English botanist , based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew . He is chiefly remembered for his wartime research into rosehips as a source of vitamin C, prompted by the epidemic of scurvy amongst children owing to the reduced importa
John Ewbank Leefe FLS (1813–1889) was an English amateur botanist and vicar in the Church of England. He was a leading expert on the British willows ( Salix ). [1] [2] John Ewbank Leefe Born ( 1813-05-13 ) 13 May 1813 Richmond, Yorkshire Died 8 August 1889 (1889-08-08) (aged 76) Redcar Nationality
Anton Hartinger (6 August 1806 – 7 January 1890) was an Austrian artist who specialized in still life paintings of fruit and flowers. Austrian artist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2013 ) Anton Hartinger; lithograph by Adolf Dauthage (1871) Bromelia sceptrum , from
August Wilhelm Stiehler (6 August 1797, Neumarkt – May 1878, Quedlinburg ) was a German government official and paleobotanist . He studied law at the University of Leipzig , and for many years worked as a civil servant in the town of Wernigerode . During the last twenty years of his life he resided
Thomas Grant Harbison (1862–1936) was an American botanist. Thomas Grant Harbison Born ( 1862-04-23 ) April 23, 1862 Union County, Pennsylvania Died June 12, 1936 (1936-06-12) (aged 74) Nationality American Scientific career Fields Botany Author abbrev. (botany) Harb. Harbison lived and worked i
#10 William Vincent Fitzgerald
William Vincent Fitzgerald , (21 July 1867 – 6 August 1929) was an Australian botanist . He described five genera and about 210 species of plants from Western Australia , including 33 Acacia and several Eucalyptus species. He also collected for other botanists such as Ferdinand von Mueller and Josep
#11 David Fairchild
David Grandison Fairchild (April 7, 1869 – August 6, 1954) was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants [1] and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans , [2] pistachios , [3] mangos ,
Robert Harold Compton (6 August 1886 in Tewkesbury – 11 July 1979 in Cape Town ) was a South African botanist. The Compton Herbarium at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden , which he founded in Cape Town in 1939, was named in his honour. [1] South African botanist (1886 - 1979)
John Parkinson (1567 – 1650; buried 6 August 1650) was the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists . He was apothecary to James I and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617, and was later Royal Botanist to Charles
Richard Brinsley Hinds FRCS (11 October 1811, Aldermaston , England – 25 May 1846, Swan River , Western Australia) was a British naval surgeon , botanist and malacologist . He sailed on the 1835–42 voyage by HMS Sulphur to explore the Pacific Ocean, and edited the natural history reports of that e
Leslie Andrew Garay (August 6, 1924 - August 19, 2016), born Garay László András , was an American botanist. [1] He was the curator of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium at Harvard University, where he succeeded Charles Schweinfurth in 1958. [2] In 1957 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship . [3] Hung
#16 Nikolai Vavilov
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ForMemRS , [3] HFRSE ( Russian : Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов , IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf] ( listen ) ; 25 November [ O.S. 13 November ] 1887 – 26 January 1943) was a Russian and Soviet agronomist , botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of orig
James Anderson (17 January 1738 – 6 August 1809 [1] ) was a Scottish physician and botanist who worked in India as an employee of the East India Company . During his career in India, he was involved in establishing a botanical garden at Mambalam, Madras, originating from a nopalry or Opuntia garden
#18 Margot Forde
Margot Bernice Forde (née Ashwin ; 1 June 1935 – 23 June 1992) [1] was a New Zealand botanist , curator , and taxonomist . [2] [3] New Zealand botanist Margot Bernice Forde Born Margot Bernice Ashwin ( 1935-06-01 ) 1 June 1935 Died 23 June 1992 (1992-06-23) (aged 57) Palmerston North, N.Z. Nationa
The Vancouver Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Stanley Park in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. In addition to being a major tourist attraction for Vancouver, the aquarium is a centre for marine research, ocean literacy education, climate activism, [7] conservation and marine animal re
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is a zoological park located southwest of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado , on Cheyenne Mountain in the United States . At an elevation of 6,714 feet (2,046 m) above sea level, it is the highest zoo in America. The zoo covers 140 acres, 40 of which are in use. The zoo h