langs: 27 декабря [ru] / december 27 [en] / 27. dezember [de] / 27 décembre [fr] / 27 dicembre [it] / 27 de diciembre [es]
days: december 24 / december 25 / december 26 / december 27 / december 28 / december 29 / december 30
Researcher / Researcher
#1 V. S. Summerhayes
Victor Samuel Summerhayes OBE (21 February 1897 – 27 December 1974) was an English botanist [1] in charge of the orchid herbarium at Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew for 39 years. [2] V. S. Summerhayes Born Victor Samuel Summerhayes ( 1897-02-21 ) 21 February 1897 Street , England Died 27 December 1973
- Victor Samuel Summerhayes OBE (21 February 1897 – 27 december 1974) was an English botanist [1] in charge of the orchid herbarium at Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew ...
- ... S. Summerhayes Born Victor Samuel Summerhayes ( 1897-02-21 ) 21 February 1897 Street , England Died 27 december 1973 (1973-12-27) (aged 76) Nationality British Occupation Botanist Known for Study of Orchids Summ ...
#2 Thomas Blakiston
Thomas Wright Blakiston (27 December 1832 – 15 October 1891) was an English explorer and naturalist . British zoologist (1832–1891) For Sir Thomas Blakiston, 1st Baronet, see Blakiston baronets . Thomas Wright Blakiston Born ( 1832-12-27 ) 27 December 1832 Lymington , Hampshire, England Died 15 Octo
- Thomas Wright Blakiston ( 27 december 1832 – 15 October 1891) was an English explorer and naturalist . British zoologist (1832–1891) For ...
- ... Thomas Blakiston, 1st Baronet, see Blakiston baronets . Thomas Wright Blakiston Born ( 1832-12-27 ) 27 december 1832 Lymington , Hampshire, England Died 15 October 1891 (1891-10-15) (aged 58) San Diego , Califor ...
#3 David Hendricks Bergey
David Hendricks Bergey was an American bacteriologist , born December 27, 1860 in Skippack , Pennsylvania , died September 5, 1937 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . David Hendricks Bergey Born ( 1860-12-27 ) December 27, 1860 Skippack , Pennsylvania Died September 5, 1937 (1937-09-05) (aged 76) Phi
- David Hendricks Bergey was an American bacteriologist , born december 27, 1860 in Skippack , Pennsylvania , died September 5, 1937 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . David Hen ...
- ... died September 5, 1937 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . David Hendricks Bergey Born ( 1860-12-27 ) december 27, 1860 Skippack , Pennsylvania Died September 5, 1937 (1937-09-05) (aged 76) Philadelphia , Pennsylva ...
#4 Jean Jules Linden
Jean Jules Linden (12 February 1817, [1] in Luxembourg – 12 January 1898, in Brussels ) was a Belgian botanist, explorer, horticulturist and businessman. He specialised in orchids , which he wrote a number of books about. Belgian botanist Jean Jules Linden Jean Linden studied at the Athénée Royal in
- ... iesbreght (1810–1893) left Antwerp on 25 September 1835 for Rio de Janeiro and arrived in Brazil on 27 december . They remained in Brazil, collecting plants and animals, returning to Belgium in March 1837. As a r ...
#5 Albert LeRoy Andrews
Albert LeRoy Andrews (1878–1961) was a professor of Germanic philology and an avocational bryologist, known as "one of the world’s foremost bryologists and the American authority on Sphagnaceae ." [3] From 1922 to 1923 he was the president of the Sullivant Moss Society , renamed in 1970 the American
- ... in 1970 the American Bryological and Lichenological Society . A. LeRoy Andrews Born ( 1878-12-27 ) december 27, 1878 Williamstown, Massachusetts Died November 1, 1961 (1961-11-01) (aged 82) Ithaca, New York Alma ...
#6 Arthur Disbrowe Cotton
Arthur Disbrowe Cotton , OBE (15 January 1879 – 27 December 1962) was an English plant pathologist , mycologist , phycologist , and botanist . The standard author abbreviation Cotton is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [1] English botanist and mycologist (187
- Arthur Disbrowe Cotton , OBE (15 January 1879 – 27 december 1962) was an English plant pathologist , mycologist , phycologist , and botanist . The standard aut ...
#7 Boris Fedtschenko
Boris Alexeevich Fedtschenko (27 December 1872 – 29 September 1947) was a Russian plant pathologist and botanist . He is primarily known for his work on various regions of Russia, especially the Caucasus, Siberia and Asiatic Russia. He was also head botanist at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garde
- Boris Alexeevich Fedtschenko ( 27 december 1872 – 29 September 1947) was a Russian plant pathologist and botanist . He is primarily known for ...
- ... en. Russian botanist (1872–1947) Boris Fedtschenko Born Boris Alexeevich Fedtschenko ( 1872-12-27 ) 27 december 1872 Leipzig , Kingdom of Saxony Died 29 September 1947 (1947-09-29) (aged 74) Leningrad , Soviet U ...
#8 Elizabeth Edgar
Elizabeth Edgar (27 December 1929 – 1 January 2019) was a New Zealand botanist , best known for her work in authoring and editing three of the five volumes of the series Flora of New Zealand , which describes and classifies the species of flora of the country. She was most noted for her taxonomic wo
- Elizabeth Edgar ( 27 december 1929 – 1 January 2019) was a New Zealand botanist , best known for her work in authoring and editin ...
- ... plants. New Zealand botanist (1929–2019) Elizabeth Edgar Edgar c. 1970 , DSIR Born ( 1929-12-27 ) 27 december 1929 Christchurch , New Zealand Died 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) (aged 89) Christchurch, New Zealan ...
- ... olumes of the series Flora of New Zealand Relatives Marion Fyfe (aunt) EARLY LIFE Edgar was born on 27 december 1929 in Christchurch , New Zealand, and grew up in Spreydon with her two sisters. [1] [2] Her famil ...
#9 Clara Heyn
Chaya Clara Heyn (In Hebrew חיה קלרה חן , June 13, 1924 – December 27, 1998) was an Israeli botanist and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , also working in the university's herbarium. She has cataloged and identified many plants, and three taxa are named in her honor. Romanian-born Is
- Chaya Clara Heyn (In Hebrew חיה קלרה חן , June 13, 1924 – december 27, 1998) was an Israeli botanist and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , also working in ...
- ... ly in 2004 (with Ilana Herrnstadt, Hélène Bischler and Suzanne Jovet-Ast). Heyn died from cancer on december 27, 1998. Three taxa are named after her: Medicago sect. Heynianae Greuter; Medicago heynianae Greuter; ...
- ... Israeli botanist (1924-1998) Chaya Clara Heyn Born 13 June 1924 ( 1924-06-13 ) Cluj , Romania Died 27 december 1998 ( 1998-12-28 ) (aged 74) Rosario , Argentina Nationality Romanian then Israeli Alma mater Hebr ...
#10 Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur ForMemRS ( / ˈ l uː i p æ ˈ s t ɜːr / , French: [lwi pastœʁ] ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination , microbial fermentation and pasteurization , the latter of which was named after
- Louis Pasteur ForMemRS ( / ˈ l uː i p æ ˈ s t ɜːr / , French: [lwi pastœʁ] ; 27 december 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of t ...
- ... ther uses, see Pasteur (disambiguation) . Louis Pasteur FRS Photograph by Nadar Born ( 1822-12-27 ) 27 december 1822 Dole , France Died 28 September 1895 (1895-09-28) (aged 72) Marnes-la-Coquette , France Educat ...
- ... her and mother by Louis Pasteur The house in which Pasteur was born, Dole Louis Pasteur was born on 27 december 1822, in Dole, Jura , France, to a Catholic family of a poor tanner . [18] He was the third child o ...
#11 Winsome Fanny Barker
Winsome Fanny Barker (23 September 1907 – 27 December 1994) was an South African botanist and plant collector noted for her work as Curator building the collection at the herbarium of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden , as well as her research on Amaryllidaceae , Liliaceae and Haemodoraceae
- Winsome Fanny Barker (23 September 1907 – 27 december 1994) was an South African botanist and plant collector noted for her work as Curator building the ...
- ... an botanist Winsome Fanny Barker Born ( 1907-09-23 ) 23 September 1907 Jamestown , Cape Colony Died 27 december 1994 (1994-12-27) (aged 87) Wynberg, Cape Town Other names "Buddy" Alma mater Rhodes University Col ...
#12 Zdeněk Černohorský
Zdeněk Černohorský (27 December 1910 – 5 September 2001) was a Czech lichenologist and educator. Czech lichenologist (27 December 1910–5 September 2001) Zdeněk Černohorský Born ( 1910-12-27 ) 27 December 1910 Chroustovice , Kingdom of Bohemia Died 5 September 2001 (2001-09-05) (aged 90) Prague , C
- Zdeněk Černohorský ( 27 december 1910 – 5 September 2001) was a Czech lichenologist and educator. Czech lichenologist (27 December 1 ...
- ... (27 December 1910 – 5 September 2001) was a Czech lichenologist and educator. Czech lichenologist ( 27 december 1910–5 September 2001) Zdeněk Černohorský Born ( 1910-12-27 ) 27 December 1910 Chroustovice , Kingd ...
- ... tor. Czech lichenologist (27 December 1910–5 September 2001) Zdeněk Černohorský Born ( 1910-12-27 ) 27 december 1910 Chroustovice , Kingdom of Bohemia Died 5 September 2001 (2001-09-05) (aged 90) Prague , Czech ...
#13 Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP [6] ( / ˈ d ɑːr w ɪ n / ; [7] DAR -win ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist , geologist , and biologist , [8] widely known for contributing to the understanding of evolutionary biology . [I] His proposition that all species of life
- ... collection, intending it for a major scientific institution. [49] After delays, the voyage began on 27 december 1831; it lasted almost five years. As FitzRoy had intended, Darwin spent most of that time on land ...
#14 John Webster (mycologist)
John Webster (25 May 1925 – 27 December 2014) was an internationally renowned mycologist , head of biological sciences at the University of Exeter in England, and twice president of the British Mycological Society . He is recognised for determining the physiological mechanism underpinning fungal spo
- John Webster (25 May 1925 – 27 december 2014) was an internationally renowned mycologist , head of biological sciences at the University of ...
#15 Federico Delpino
Giacomo Giuseppe Federico Delpino (27 December 1833 – 14 May 1905) was an Italian botanist who made early observations on floral biology , particularly the pollination of flowers by insects . Delpino introduced a very broad view of plant ecology and was the first to suggest pollination syndromes , s
- Giacomo Giuseppe Federico Delpino ( 27 december 1833 – 14 May 1905) was an Italian botanist who made early observations on floral biology , particu ...
- ... the first to speculate on the idea of " plant intelligence ". Federico Delpino Born ( 1833-12-27 ) 27 december 1833 Chiavari , Liguria , Duchy of Savoy and Kingdom of Sardinia Died 14 May 1905 (1905-05-14) (age ...
#16 Charles E. Fairman
Charles Edward Fairman (28 December 1856 – 27 December 1934) was an American physician who published in the field of mycology . He was for many years the health officer of Yates, New York , and on the staff of the Medina (New York) Memorial Hospital. A charter member of the Mycological Society of Am
- Charles Edward Fairman (28 December 1856 – 27 december 1934) was an American physician who published in the field of mycology . He was for many years the ...
- ... of this difficult group of any one in our country." [6] Fairman died suddenly of a heart attack on 27 december 1934, a day before he was to be honored for his 78th birthday. He is buried in Lynhaven cemetery in ...
#17 Jesse More Greenman
Jesse More Greenman (December 27, 1867 – January 20, 1951) was an American botanist . He specialized in tropical flora, with emphasis on plants from Mexico and Central America . [1] He was an authority on the genus Senecio and noted for his work at the Missouri Botanical Garden . [2] Jesse More Gree
- Jesse More Greenman ( december 27, 1867 – January 20, 1951) was an American botanist . He specialized in tropical flora, with emphasis ...
- ... Missouri Botanical Garden . [2] Jesse More Greenman Jesse More Greenman in 1912 Born ( 1867-12-27 ) december 27, 1867 Died January 20, 1951 (1951-01-20) (aged 83) Occupation Botanist Years active 1890–1943 LIFE A ...
#18 Jun Wen
Jun Wen ( Chinese : 文军 , Born December 27, 1963) is an evolutionary biologist and curator at the Smithsonian 's National Museum of Natural History in the Department of Botany and has worked in the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics. She researches the monography, phylogenetics, biogeography, and et
- Jun Wen ( Chinese : 文军 , Born december 27, 1963) is an evolutionary biologist and curator at the Smithsonian 's National Museum of Natural His ...
- ... er 190 scientific papers. [1] Botanist In this Chinese name , the family name is Wen . Jun Wen Born 27 december 1963 Hubei, China Alma mater Central China Agricultural University (BS) Ohio State University (PhD) ...
#19 Nicolaas Laurens Burman
Nicolaas Laurens Burman (27 December 1734 – 11 September 1793) was a Dutch botanist. Dutch botanist He was the son of Johannes Burman (1707–1780). He succeeded his father to the chair of botany at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam ., and at the Hortus Botanicus . He continued the correspondence wi
- Nicolaas Laurens Burman ( 27 december 1734 – 11 September 1793) was a Dutch botanist. Dutch botanist He was the son of Johannes Burman (1 ...
#20 Edward Percival Wright
Edward Percival ( Perceval ) Wright (27 December 1834, Donnybrook – 2 March 1910) [1] FRGSI was an Irish ophthalmic surgeon , botanist and zoologist . Edward Percival Wright Born ( 1834-12-27 ) December 27, 1834 Died March 2, 1910 (1910-03-02) (aged 75) Dublin, Ireland Citizenship Irish Alma mat
- ... s an Irish ophthalmic surgeon , botanist and zoologist . Edward Percival Wright Born ( 1834-12-27 ) december 27, 1834 Died March 2, 1910 (1910-03-02) (aged 75) Dublin, Ireland Citizenship Irish Alma mater Trinity ...
- Edward Percival ( Perceval ) Wright ( 27 december 1834, Donnybrook – 2 March 1910) [1] FRGSI was an Irish ophthalmic surgeon , botanist and zoologist ...
Zoo / Zoo
#1 Zoological Garden, Alipore
The Zoological Garden, Alipore (also informally called the Alipore Zoo or Kolkata Zoo) is India's oldest formally stated zoological park (as opposed to royal and British menageries) and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata , West Bengal . It has been open as a zoo since 1876, and covers 18.811 ha (
- ... by Edward VII , then Prince of Wales . (Some reports place the inauguration on an alternate date of 27 december 1875). [7] The initial stock consisted of the private menagerie of Carl Louis Schwendler (1838 – 18 ...
#2 San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks
Two tiger attacks occurred at the San Francisco Zoo , in 2006 and 2007, both involving a female Siberian tiger named Tatiana (June 27, 2003 – December 25, 2007). In the first incident, a zookeeper was bitten on the arm during a public feeding. In the second incident, one person was killed and two
- ... art over the edge of a moat around the tiger enclosure. [1] [18] [19] Two days after the attack, on december 27, 2007, the zoo reported that while the moat, at 33 feet wide, was sufficient by national standards, ...