langs: 18 февраля [ru] / february 18 [en] / 18. februar [de] / 18 février [fr] / 18 febbraio [it] / 18 de febrero [es]
days: february 15 / february 16 / february 17 / february 18 / february 19 / february 20 / february 21
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
Many elm ( Ulmus ) trees of various kinds have attained great size or otherwise become particularly noteworthy; among these are the following.
Iris barnumiae is a species in the genus Iris ; it is also in the subgenus Iris and in the section Oncocyclus . It is a rhizomatous perennial , from Armenia , Azerbaijan , Iran , Iraq , and Turkey . It has pale glaucous green and narrow leaves, that are slightly sickle-shaped and fade soon after blo
Jacques Huber (13 October 1867 Schleitheim – 18 February 1914 Belém ) was a Swiss - Brazilian botanist who did pioneering work on the flora of the Amazon from 1895 until his death. He created and organized the herbarium and arboretum in Belém , Brazil, and was director of the Museu Paraense Emílio G
Colonel Richard Henry Beddome (11 May 1830 – 23 February 1911) was a British military officer and naturalist in India , who became chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department . In the mid-19th century, he extensively surveyed several remote and then-unexplored hill ranges in Sri Lanka and so
Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (born 7 October 1747 Versailles ; died 18 February 1827 Paris ) was a French botanist known for his keen observation of variation within species, and for demonstrating that species are not immutable, because mutations can occur. [1] "As Duchesne's observations were unaided b
#4 Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur
Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (February 18, 1799 – May 27, 1878) was a German-Austrian pharmacist and botanist born in Königsberg . Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur in 1875 He obtained his education in Königsberg and Berlin, later serving as a director of a chemical factory in Liesing ( Vienna ). Fol
Dr. Asuman Baytop (27 March 1920 - 18 February 2015) was a Turkish botanist , plant collector , pharmacologist , and educator known for her research into the medicinal properties of the flora of Turkey . [1] [2] In 1964 she founded the Department of Pharmaceutical Botany at Istanbul University , and
Edwin Percy Phillips (18 February 1884 – 12 April 1967) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, noted for his monumental work The Genera of South African Flowering Plants first published in 1926. Edwin Percy Phillips Phillips was born in Sea Point , Cape Town , and attended the South African Co
Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold (17 February 1796 – 18 October 1866) was a German physician , botanist and traveler. He achieved prominence by his studies of Japanese flora and fauna and the introduction of Western medicine in Japan. He was the father of the first female Japanese doctor educated
Galfrid Clement Keyworth "Stalky" Dunsterville (February 18, 1905 – November 26, 1988) was a business executive and a botanist who studied the orchids of Venezuela . He was born in Devon to Lionel Dunsterville (who inspired the title character of Rudyard Kipling 's Stalky & Co. and later became a ma
Ernst Ferdinand Nolte (24 December 1791, Hamburg – 18 February 1875, Kiel ) was a German botanist . He was son-in-law to chemist Christoph Heinrich Pfaff (1773–1852). German botanist (1791–1875) After duties as a pharmacy apprentice in Goslar , he studied medicine at the University of Göttingen . Wh
Robert Oliver Cunningham (27 March 1841 – 1918) was a Scottish naturalist. Scottish naturalist (1841-1918)
#11 Johann Hedwig
Johann Hedwig (8 December 1730 – 18 February 1799), also styled as Johannes Hedwig , was a German botanist notable for his studies of mosses . He is sometimes called the "father of bryology ". He is known for his particular observations of sexual reproduction in the cryptogams . [1] Many of his writ
Keisuke Ito ( 伊藤 圭介 , Itō Keisuke , February 18, 1803 – January 20, 1901) was a Japanese physician and biologist . He was born in Nagoya . Japanese physician and biologist Keisuke Ito As a doctor, Ito developed a vaccination against smallpox . [1] He also widely studied the Japanese flora and fauna
#13 Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ( French: [adɔlf teodɔːʁ bʁɔ̃ɲaːʁ] ) FRS FRSE FGS (14 January 1801 – 18 February 1876) was a French botanist . He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart . Brongniart's pioneering work on the relatio
#14 Jean Beauverie
Jean Beauverie (18 February 1874 in Fontaines-sur-Saône – 22 February 1938 in Lyon ) was a French botanist and mycologist . French botanist and mycologist Jean Beauverie Jean Beauverie (1874–1938) Born 18 February 1874 Fontaines-sur-Saône Died 22 February 1938 Lyon Nationality French Occupation bota
#15 Valery Havard
Valery Havard (February 18, 1846 – November 6, 1927), was a career army officer, physician, author, and botanist. Although he held many notable posts during his military career, he is most well known for his service on the western frontier of the United States and in Cuba. Many Texas plants are name
#16 Garcia de Orta
Garcia de Orta (or Garcia d'Orta ) (1501 – 1568) was a Sephardic Jewish physician, herbalist and naturalist of the Portuguese Renaissance , who worked primarily in the former Portuguese capital of Goa and the Bombay territory ( Chaul , Bassein & Damaon ) of Portuguese India . Portuguese botanist (15
#17 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
#18 Paul Gelting
Paul Emil Elliot Gelting (30 March 1905 – 18 February 1964) was a Danish ecologist , botanist and lichenologist . He was associate professor at the University of Copenhagen and particularly active in Greenland . Gelting participated in the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland 1931-34 led by Lauge
Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (10 August 1797 – 18 February 1848) was a German botanist , Professor of Botany at the University of Munich . He worked extensively with Philipp Franz von Siebold , assisting in describing his collections from Japan , but also described plants discovered in other areas, incl
Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista ) Brocchi (18 February 1772 – 25 September 1826) was an Italian naturalist , mineralogist and geologist . Italian naturalist, mineralogist and geologist (1772–1826) Giovanni Battista Brocchi Born ( 1772-02-18 ) February 18, 1772 Bassano del Grappa , Republic of V
#1 Detroit Zoo
The Detroit Zoo is a zoo located in Royal Oak, Michigan , spanning 125 acres and housing more than 2,000 animals and more than 245 different species. It was the first U.S. zoo to feature bar-less habitats, [7] and is regarded to be an international leader in animal welfare, conservation and sustaina
#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
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
SeaWorld Orlando is a theme park and marine zoological park , in Orlando, Florida . It is owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment . When combined with its neighbor Discovery Cove and Aquatica , it forms SeaWorld Parks and Resorts Orlando, an entertainment complex consisting of the three