langs: 18 декабря [ru] / december 18 [en] / 18. dezember [de] / 18 décembre [fr] / 18 dicembre [it] / 18 de diciembre [es]
days: december 15 / december 16 / december 17 / december 18 / december 19 / december 20 / december 21
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#1 George Wall (botanist)
George Wall (22 December 1821 – 18 December 1894) was a merchant, coffee planter, politician, amateur astronomer, botanist and humanitarian in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) . George Wall Born ( 1821-12-22 ) 22 December 1821 North Shields , England Died 18 December 1894 (1894-12-18) (aged 73) London , England
- George Wall (22 December 1821 – 18 december 1894) was a merchant, coffee planter, politician, amateur astronomer, botanist and humanitarian in ...
- ... Ceylon (Sri Lanka) . George Wall Born ( 1821-12-22 ) 22 December 1821 North Shields , England Died 18 december 1894 (1894-12-18) (aged 73) London , England Monuments George Wall Memorial Fountain, Colombo Sri L ...
- ... a naturalist. His daughter Rowena married Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset in 1881. He died on 18 december 1894. [1] [9] LEGACY Wall Street in Kotahena , Sri Lanka, is named in honour of George Wall. [10] A ...
#2 Stefano delle Chiaje
Stefano Delle Chiaje (25 April 1794 – 18 December 1860) was an Italian zoologist , botanist , anatomist and physician . Bivalve shells collected by Poli and Delle Chiaie, in a plate from Poli's long-running series Testacea Utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome Stefano delle Chiaje Born ( 1
- Stefano Delle Chiaje (25 April 1794 – 18 december 1860) was an Italian zoologist , botanist , anatomist and physician . Bivalve shells collected by P ...
- ... e Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome Stefano delle Chiaje Born ( 1794-04-25 ) 25 April 1794 Died 18 december 1860 (1860-12-18) (aged 66) Education University of Naples Known for Work on medicinal plants, and ...
#3 Gerald Ernest Wickens
Gerald Ernest Wickens B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.L.S. (18 December 1927 - 11 March 2019) was a British botanist. [1] [2] English botanist (1927–2019)
- Gerald Ernest Wickens B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.L.S. ( 18 december 1927 - 11 March 2019) was a British botanist. [1] [2] English botanist (1927–2019) BIOGRAPHY Born M ...
#4 Jean-Louis Berlandier
Jean-Louis Berlandier (1803 – 1851) was a French-Mexican naturalist , physician, and anthropologist . French anthropologist, botanist and physician (1803–1851) "Berland." redirects here. For people with the surname, see Berland .
- ... Ronca on a bear and American Bison hunt on open lands northwest of San Antonio. From November 19 to december 18, Berlandier accompanied Ruiz to explore the silver mines on the San Saba River . On February 3, 1829 ...
#5 Norman Byrnes (botanist)
Norman Brice Byrnes (1922 – 1998) was an Australian botanist , specialising in taxonomy . Australian botanist Byrnes was born in Adelaide on 18 December 1922. He served in the Australian Defence Force during World War II [1] and following the war, in 1946 gained a Bachelor of Science from the Univer
- ... Australian botanist , specialising in taxonomy . Australian botanist Byrnes was born in Adelaide on 18 december 1922. He served in the Australian Defence Force during World War II [1] and following the war, in 1 ...
#6 Jean Dybowski
Jean Thadée Emmanuel Dybowski (18 April 1856 – 18 December 1928) was a French agronomist , naturalist and explorer of Polish heritage born in Charonne , Paris . He was the cousin of the Polish naturalists Benedykt Dybowski and Władysław Dybowski . French agronomist and explorer (1856–1928) Portrait
- Jean Thadée Emmanuel Dybowski (18 April 1856 – 18 december 1928) was a French agronomist , naturalist and explorer of Polish heritage born in Charonne , Paris ...
#7 Julius A. Palmer Jr.
Julius Auboineau Palmer Jr. , (March 1, 1840 – January 11, 1899) is probably best remembered in history for his association with Hawaiian queen Liliuokalani . His was born into an old established Massachusetts family that centered around a conservative Christian lifestyle. His father was a successfu
- ... o her service." [20] He was a member of the Massachusetts Reform Club, which passed a resolution on december 18, 1897 declaring annexation of Hawaii "unjust and unwise". [57] [58] AFTERMATH In an interview with T ...
#8 Nicol Alexander Dalzell
Nicol (or Nicholas) Alexander Dalzell FRSE FLS (21 April 1817 – 18 December 1877) [1] was a Scottish botanist. [2] He was one of the first persons to form the link between forest denudation and the impact of rainfall upon the wider countryside. Scottish botanist
- Nicol (or Nicholas) Alexander Dalzell FRSE FLS (21 April 1817 – 18 december 1877) [1] was a Scottish botanist. [2] He was one of the first persons to form the link between for ...
- ... f malaria and returned to Scotland. He died at home in Williamfield House, Portobello, Edinburgh on 18 december 1877, leaving a widow (Emily Harriet Duthy) and six children, including Pulteney William Dalzell. [ ...
#9 Mikhail Grigorevich Popov
Mikhail Grigorevich Popov ( Russian : Михаил Григорьевич Попов ) (5(17) April 1893 – 18 December 1955) was a Soviet botanist . He is known for developing a theory on the role of hybridization in plant evolution, and studying the flora of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. [1] The standard author a
- Mikhail Grigorevich Popov ( Russian : Михаил Григорьевич Попов ) (5(17) April 1893 – 18 december 1955) was a Soviet botanist . He is known for developing a theory on the role of hybridization in p ...
- ... cal name . [2] Mikhail Grigorevich Popov Born 5(17) April 1893 Volsk , Saratov Oblast , Russia Died 18 december 1955 ( 1955-12-19 ) (aged 62) Leningrad , Russia Nationality Soviet Scientific career Fields Botany ...
#10 Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller , KCMG ( German : Müller ; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician , geographer , and most notably, a botanist . He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria (Australia) by Governor Charles La Trobe in 1
- ... , he reportedly fished his first plants out of the water to analyse them. He arrived at Adelaide on 18 december 1847 and found employment as a chemist with Moritz J. Heuzenroeder , in Rundle Street . He was an i ...
#11 Cornelis Christiaan Berg
Cornelis Christiaan (Cees) Berg (1934–2012) was a Dutch botanist known for his work on the plant family Moraceae . Dutch botanist Cornelis Christiaan Berg Born ( 1934-02-07 ) 7 February 1934 Bandung , Indonesia Died 31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) (aged 78) Rotterdam Alma mater University of Utrecht
- ... 1 July 2005 he left it and on 1 September 2005 he became professor emeritus at Bergen Museum . From 18 december 2001 he also worked at the University of Leiden , where he stayed till his death in 2012. During hi ...
#12 John Hutchinson (botanist)
John Hutchinson , OBE , FRS (7 April 1884 Blindburn, Northumberland – 2 September 1972 London ) was an English botanist , taxonomist and author. [1] [2] [3] [4] English botanist and taxonomist (1884-1972) John Hutchinson Born ( 1884-04-07 ) 7 April 1884 Wark on Tyne , Northumberland Died 2 September
- ... l 14 December Warmbaths 15 December near Potgietersrust 16 December Louis Trichardt to Wylliespoort 18 december Limpopo River near Messina 19 December Dongola 21 December Thomson's Store to Lake Fundudzi 23 Dece ...
#13 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck ( / l ə ˈ m ɑːr k / ; [1] French: [ʒɑ̃batist lamaʁk] [2] ), was a French naturalist , biologist , academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biologic
- Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 december 1829), often known simply as Lamarck ( / l ə ˈ m ɑːr k / ; [1] French: [ʒɑ̃batist lamaʁk] [2] ), wa ...
- ... ck Lamarck by Charles Thévenin , c. 1802 Born ( 1744-08-01 ) 1 August 1744 Bazentin , France Died 18 december 1829 (1829-12-18) (aged 85) Paris , France Known for Evolution ; inheritance of acquired characteri ...
- ... ins of new forms of life, and even of man. [21] Lamarck gradually turned blind; he died in Paris on 18 december 1829. When he died, his family was so poor, they had to apply to the Academie for financial assista ...
#14 Philip Miller
Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden for nearly 50 years from 1722, and wrote the highly popular The Gardeners Dictionary . [1] The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of
- Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 december 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Ch ...
#15 Anna Murray Vail
Anna Murray Vail (January 7, 1863 – December 18, 1955) was an American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden . She was a student of the Columbia University botanist and geologist Nathaniel Lord Britton , with whom she helped to found the New York Botanical Garden . American b
- Anna Murray Vail (January 7, 1863 – december 18, 1955) was an American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden . She was a stu ...
- ... Garden . American botanist Anna Murray Vail Born ( 1863-01-07 ) January 7, 1863 New York City Died december 18, 1955 (1955-12-18) (aged 92) Vieux Logis Resting place Héricy Scientific career Fields Botany Librar ...
- ... tinuing her work as a librarian until blindness forced her to stop. [14] She died in Vieux Logis on december 18, 1955, and is buried in the municipal cemetery at Héricy. [15] TAXONOMY The standard author abbrevia ...
#16 Casimir Christoph Schmidel
Casimir Christoph Schmidel (born 21 November 1718 in Bayreuth, Germany, died 18 December 1792 in Ansbach, Germany) was a naturalist of the 18th century who researched in botany and mineralogy. German naturalist Among genera he named are the flowering plant genera Penstemon and Proboscidea and the fe
- Casimir Christoph Schmidel (born 21 November 1718 in Bayreuth, Germany, died 18 december 1792 in Ansbach, Germany) was a naturalist of the 18th century who researched in botany and mineral ...
#17 Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet
Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (September 2, 1828, Guérigny – December 18, 1911, Paris ) was a French botanist . The standard author abbreviation Bornet is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [1] French botanist Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet
- Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (September 2, 1828, Guérigny – december 18, 1911, Paris ) was a French botanist . The standard author abbreviation Bornet is used to indicate t ...
#18 Jules Pierre Fourreau
Jules Pierre Fourreau (25 August 1844, Lyon – 16 January 1871, Beaune ) was a French botanist . The standard author abbreviation Fourr. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [1] Portrait of Fourreau, 1868 or 1869 As a young man he worked as an assistant to bota
- ... ary 1871 he died in a hospital in Beaune as a result of injuries received at the Bataille de Nuits ( 18 december 1870). [2] In 1864 he became a member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon . In 1867 he introduced the ...
#19 Greta Stevenson
Greta Barbara Stevenson (10 June 1911 – 18 December 1990) was a New Zealand botanist and mycologist . She described many new species of Agaricales (gilled mushrooms ). New Zealand mycologist (1911–1990) Greta Stevenson Greta Stevenson circa 1941 Born Greta Barbara Stevenson ( 1911-06-10 ) 10 June 19
- Greta Barbara Stevenson (10 June 1911 – 18 december 1990) was a New Zealand botanist and mycologist . She described many new species of Agaricales (gil ...
- ... son circa 1941 Born Greta Barbara Stevenson ( 1911-06-10 ) 10 June 1911 Auckland , New Zealand Died 18 december 1990 (1990-12-18) (aged 79) Known for Contributions to mycology Scientific career Fields Mycology A ...
- ... Crawley College of Further Education ; and King Alfred's College . [1] Stevenson died in London on 18 december 1990, at the age of 79. [2] In 2017, Stevenson was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi ...
#20 John MacGillivray
John MacGillivray (18 December 1821 – 6 June 1867) was a Scottish naturalist, active in Australia between 1842 and 1867. MacGillivray was born in Aberdeen , the son of ornithologist William MacGillivray . He took part in three of the Royal Navy's surveying voyages in the Pacific. In 1842 he sailed a
- John MacGillivray ( 18 december 1821 – 6 June 1867) was a Scottish naturalist, active in Australia between 1842 and 1867. MacGilliv ...
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#1 Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo Skytree ( 東京スカイツリー , Tōkyō Sukaitsurī , stylized TOKYO SKYTREE ) is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida , Tokyo . It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 [3] and reached its full height of 634 meters (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, disp
- ... five TV key stations in Tokyo 's plans to install their broadcasting facilities on the tower. [32] 18 december 2010: The transmitting antenna for digital terrestrial television began to be installed. 2011 1 Mar ...