langs: 17 декабря [ru] / december 17 [en] / 17. dezember [de] / 17 décembre [fr] / 17 dicembre [it] / 17 de diciembre [es]
days: december 14 / december 15 / december 16 / december 17 / december 18 / december 19 / december 20
#1 Pauline Kies
Pauline Kies (5 January 1918 Stellenbosch - 28 January 1999 Mossel Bay ) was a South African botanical illustrator and botanist best known for her works " Flowering Plants of the Southern Cape " (Still Bay Trust, 1986), and “ More Flowering Plants of the Southern Cape ” (1995) under the name 'Paulin
Calaway Homer Dodson (December 17, 1928 – August 9, 2020) was an American botanist , orchidologist , and taxonomist . American botanist (1928–2020)
Guido Georg Wilhelm Brause (7 August 1847, in Kochanowitz – 17 December 1922) [1] was a German botanist , specializing in ferns . German botanist (1847–1922) Guido Georg Wilhelm Brause Born ( 1847-08-07 ) 7 August 1847 Died 17 December 1922 (1922-12-17) (aged 75) Occupation Botanist Known for Sp
Florence Hedges (August 24, 1878 – December 17, 1956 [1] ) was a pioneering American plant pathologist and botanist with the United States Department of Agriculture 's Bureau of Plant Industry. [2] Florence Hedges Hedges in 1915 Born ( 1878-08-24 ) August 24, 1878 Lansing, Michigan Died December 17,
Kartar Singh Thind (30 October 1917 – 3 December 1991) was a scientist of botanical sciences. He was born on in village Saidpur , Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi , District Kapurthala , Punjab, India ,in a Thind clan of Kamboj family. A scientist and educationist, Thind was M.Sc, Ph. D, F.N.A.Sc. He did his
#6 Charles François Antoine Morren
Charles François Antoine Morren (3 March 1807 Ghent – 17 December 1858 Liège ), was a Belgian botanist and horticulturist, and Director of the Jardin botanique de l’Université de Liège . [1] Thladiantha dubia from La Belgique horticole Morren taught physics at Ghent University between 1831 and 1835.
#7 William John Bates van de Weyer
William John Bates van de Weyer (1870– 1 April 1946) was a British Army Officer who won lasting fame in horticulture as the first to hybridize a South American species of Buddleja with an Asiatic species while on leave during the First World War . Buddleja × weyeriana 'Golden Glow' Working in the nu
Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ( 30 March [ O.S. 18 March ] 1805 in Hapsal (now Haapsalu ) – 29 December [ O.S. 17 December ] 1887 in Saint Petersburg ) [1] was an Estonian linguist who researched Uralic languages , mostly Estonian . Wiedemann was also a botanist . Estonian linguist and botanist
Frederick Tom Brooks CBE FRS [1] (17 December 1882 – 11 March 1952) was an English botanist and Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge . English botanist (1882–1952) Frederick Tom Brooks Frederick Tom Brooks, 1933 Born 17 December 1882 Somerset , England Died 11 March 1952 Cambridge , En
#10 Christian Friedrich Ecklon
Christian Friedrich Ecklon (17 December 1795 – 1 December 1868) was a Danish botanical collector and apothecary . Ecklon is especially known for being an avid collector and researcher of plants in South Africa. [1] Christian Friedrich Ecklon Born ( 1795-12-17 ) 17 December 1795 Åbenrå , Denmark Died
John White (c. 1756 – 20 February 1832) was an Irish surgeon and botanical collector. John White Born c.1756 Drumaran , Belcoo , County Fermanagh Died 20 February 1832 Worthing Nationality Irish Citizenship Kingdom of Ireland and, later, British Scientific career Fields surgeon, zoologist , botanist
#12 Carl Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz
Carl Heinrich Schultz (30 June 1805 – 17 December 1867) was a German physician and botanist , and a brother to botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804–1876). German physician and botanist (1805–1867) Carl Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz He is referred to as Carl Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz , Carl H
#13 Ezra Brainerd
Ezra Brainerd (December 17, 1844 – December 8, 1924) was president of Middlebury College , Vermont, United States, from 1885 until 1908. Born in St. Albans, Vermont , Brainerd was a graduate of the college in 1864. Brainerd assumed the presidency at a time when the college was recovering from an ext
Alexander Makowsky (17 December 1833 in Svitavy – 30 November 1908 in Brno ) was an Austrian botanist , geologist and paleontologist . He studied at the University of Technology in Brno , and afterwards, worked as a schoolteacher in Olomouc (1858–64) and Brno (1864–68). From 1873 to 1905 he was a pr
#15 Grigory Karelin
Grigory Silych Karelin (January 1801 – 17 December 1872) was a Russian explorer and naturalist who travelled around Siberia and central Asia. Many species of plants have been described from specimens that he collected and some named in his honour. Russian botanist and explorer (1801–1872) Karelin wa
Alfred Fischer (17 December 1858 – 1913) was a German botanist . His is known for his dispute with Erwin Frink Smith over the role of bacteria in plant pathology . [1] German botanist (1858-1913) For other uses, see Alfred Fischer . Fischer was born in Meissen, Germany . Fischer lectured in botany a
#17 Heinz Brücher
Heinz Brücher (14 January 1915, Darmstadt , Grand Duchy of Hesse – 17 December 1991, Mendoza Province , Argentina ) was a botanist and plant breeder who served as a member of the special science unit in the SS Ahnenerbe in Nazi Germany . He was part of a SS Sammelkommando that raided the plant genom
Harold Ernest Robinson (May 22, 1932 – December 17, 2020) [1] [2] was an American botanist and entomologist . American botanist and entomologist (1932–2020) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( December 2018 ) Harold E Robinson Born ( 1932-05-22 ) May 22, 1932 Syracuse, New Y
#19 Dmitry Litvinov
Dmitry Ivanovich Litvinov ( Russian : Дмитрий Иванович Литвинов ; 29 December 1854 [ O.S. 17 December 1854 ] – 5 July 1929) was a Russian botanist responsible for the naming of a large variety of East European and Asian plants. He is known as the author of the concept of glacial refugia for the plan
George Edward Post (1838 – 1909) was an American surgeon, academic and botanist. American botanist (1838-1909) George Edward Post Born ( 1838-12-17 ) December 17, 1838 New York City , US Died September 30, 1909 (1909-09-30) (aged 70) Beirut , Syria Education University College of New York Occupati
#1 Auckland Zoo
Auckland Zoo is a 16.35-hectare (40-acre) zoological garden in Auckland , New Zealand , situated next to Western Springs Park not far from Auckland 's central business district . It is run by the Auckland Council with the Zoological Society of Auckland as a supporting organisation. Zoo in Auckland,
#2 Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens ) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx , New York . It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States by area, [5] comprising 265 acres (10
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
The Portland Aquarium was a 12,500-square-foot (1,160 m 2 ) for-profit aquarium in Oak Grove, Oregon , United States that opened to the public on December 15, 2012. [2] Aquarium in Oregon, United States Portland Aquarium Date opened December 15, 2012 Date closed February 16, 2016 Location 16323 SE