langs: 29 декабря [ru] / december 29 [en] / 29. dezember [de] / 29 décembre [fr] / 29 dicembre [it] / 29 de diciembre [es]
days: december 26 / december 27 / december 28 / december 29 / december 30 / december 31 / january 1
#1 Iris rossii
Iris rossii , the long-tail iris , is a beardless iris in the genus Iris , in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Chinenses of the genus. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial from Japan, Korea and China. It has narrow, grass-like leaves, short stems and 1 or 2 purple-violet flowers. Species
Józef Warszewicz Ritter von Rawicz ( Lithuanian : 'Juozapas Varševičius' ) [1] (8(?) September 1812, Vilnius – 29 December 1866, Cracow ) was a Polish botanist, plant and animal collector, and biologist. Józef Warszewicz 1812 - 1866. Bust in the Cracow Botanical Garden
#2 Brian Mathew
Brian Frederick Mathew MBE , VMH is a British botanist , born in the village of Limpsfield , Surrey , England . His particular area of expertise is bulbous plants , particularly ornamental bulbous plants , although he has contributed to other fields of taxonomy and horticulture . [1] He has authored
Nicolas Charles Seringe (3 December 1776 – 29 December 1858) was a French physician and botanist born in Longjumeau . French physician and botanist (1776–1858) "Ser." redirects here. For other uses, see Ser . He studied medicine in Paris , and subsequently served as a military surgeon . In this role
Benjamin Daniel Greene (born 29 December 1793, Demerara , British Guyana – 14 October 1862, Boston ) was an American lawyer, physician, naturalist, and botanist. [1] Benjamin Daniel Greene ( circa 1840)
#5 Marie Stopes
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights . She made significant contributions to plant palaeontology and coal classification, and was the first female academic on the faculty of the Univ
Lafayette Frederick (9 March 1923 - 29 December 2018) was an American plant pathologist, mycologist, and specialist in myxomycete ecology and systematics. [1] American mycologist Lafayette Frederick Dr. Frederick, Emeritus Professor of Biology at Howard University Born 9 March 1923 Dog Bog, Mississi
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
Milton Wainwright (born 23 February 1950) is a British microbiologist who is known for his research into what he claims could be extraterrestrial life found in the stratosphere . [1] [2] [3] British microbiologist (born 1950) Milton Wainwright Born ( 1950-02-23 ) 23 February 1950 (age 72) National
Albert Israel Schatz (2 February 1920 – 17 January 2005) was an American microbiologist and academic, who discovered the antibiotic streptomycin , [1] the first drug known to be effective for the treatment of tuberculosis . [2] He graduated from Rutgers University in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in
#10 Patricia Berjak
Patricia Berjak FRSSAf (29 December 1939 – 21 January 2015) was a South African botanist known for her work on the biology of plant seeds , especially seed recalcitrance . [1] [2] [3] She was professor for 48 years at the University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN). South African botanist Patricia Berjak FRS
Burton Orange Longyear (1868–1969) was an American botanist, forester, and mycologist, specializing in the fungi of Michigan. [2] He was also a gem cutter. [1] Burton Orange Longyear Born ( 1868-07-16 ) July 16, 1868 Leslie, Michigan [1] Died April 15, 1969 (1969-04-15) (aged 100) Phoenix, Arizona
#12 William Hemsley (botanist)
William Botting Hemsley (29 December 1843, in East Hoathly – 7 October 1924, in Kent ) was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient. British botanist (1843–1924) He was born in East Hoathly, Sussex and in 1860 started work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as an Improver, [1]
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
#14 Matilda Smith
Matilda Smith (1854–1926) was a botanical artist whose work appeared in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for over forty years. [1] She became the first artist to depict New Zealand's flora in depth, the first official artist of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew , and the second woman to become an associat
#15 Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair
Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair (1842 – 29 December 1900) was a Scottish born botanist , author and botanical illustrator . Her best known work is the 1885 book Indigenous flowers of the Hawaiian islands , the first book published with colour images of Hawaiian flowering plants. Scottish-born Hawaiian
#16 David A. Brodie
David Arthur Brodie (July 28, 1867 – December 29, 1951) was an American agriculturalist and college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington Agricultural College and School of Science—now known as Washington State University —for one season, in 1896, compiling a record of 2
#17 Hiroshi Inoue (bryologist)
Hiroshi Inoue ( 井上 浩 , Inoue Hiroshi , March 30, 1932 – December 29, 1989) was a Japanese botanist specializing in bryology . [1] Japanese botanist (1932–1989) Inoue's botanical publications are from Japan. He described or recognized many species of liverworts .
#18 Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard
Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard , name sometimes given as Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard-Briau (30 October 1873 – 29 December 1927) was a French pharmacist and botanist . [1] French botanist, explorer and politician (1873–1928) Plaque of Charles-Joseph Pitard in the "Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo
#19 Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten
Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten (7 April 1765 – 29 December 1843) was a German physician and botanist who was a native of Luckau in Lower Lusatia . German physician and botanist (1765–1843) He studied at the medical-surgical college in Dresden and at the University of Leipzig (from 1785), where
William James Linton (December 7, 1812 – December 29, 1897) was an English-born American wood-engraver , landscape painter, political reformer and author of memoirs, novels, poetry and non-fiction. For other people named William Linton, see William Linton (disambiguation) . William James Linton.
#1 The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
The Maryland Zoo — also known as The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and formerly known as The Baltimore City Zoo or the Baltimore Zoo — is a 135-acre park located in historic Druid Hill Park in the northwestern area of the City of Baltimore , Maryland , (U.S.A.), with the postal address of 1876 Mansion H
#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
#3 Nandankanan Zoological Park
Nandankanan Zoological Park is a 437-hectare (1,080-acre) zoo and botanical garden in Bhubaneswar , Odisha , India . Established in 1960, it was opened to the public in 1979 and became the first zoo in India to join World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) in 2009. It also contains a botanical