langs: 16 мая [ru] / may 16 [en] / 16. mai [de] / 16 mai [fr] / 16 maggio [it] / 16 de mayo [es]
days: may 13 / may 14 / may 15 / may 16 / may 17 / may 18 / may 19
Animal / Animal
#1 List of individual pigs
This is a list of notable pigs . Famous swine Wild boars, by Walter Moras (1856–1925)
- ... as the "only pig in Afghanistan ". [1] KING NEPTUNE Main article: King Neptune (pig) King Neptune ( may 16, 1942 – May 14, 1950) was a Hereford swine used by a United States Navy recruiter to raise $19 milli ...
Plant / Plant
#1 Symphyotrichum ericoides
Symphyotrichum ericoides (formerly Aster ericoides ), known as white heath aster , [4] frost aster , [5] or heath aster , [6] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to much of central and eastern North America . It has been introduced to parts of Europe and western Asia. [2]
- ... f October 2022 [update] , NatureServe listed S. ericoides as Secure (G5) globally, last reviewed on 16 may 2016. On a US state and Canadian province and territory basis, it listed the species as Vulnerable ...
Researcher / Researcher
#1 Charles Marie de La Condamine
Charles Marie de La Condamine (28 January 1701 – 4 February 1774) was a French explorer , geographer , and mathematician . He spent ten years in territory which is now Ecuador , measuring the length of a degree of latitude at the equator and preparing the first map of the Amazon region based on astr
- ... and La Condamine were sent to South America to perform similar measurements around the equator . On 16 may 1735, La Condamine sailed from La Rochelle accompanied by Godin, Bouguer and a botanist, Joseph de ...
#2 Robert Hagelstein
Robert Hagelstein (May 16, 1870 – Oct. 20, 1945) was a multidisciplinary businessman, scientist, and microscopy expert who served for fifteen years as the Honorary Curator of Myxomycetes at the New York Botanical Garden . He is known for his work in algae and slime mold specimen collection and curat
- Robert Hagelstein ( may 16, 1870 – Oct. 20, 1945) was a multidisciplinary businessman, scientist, and microscopy expert who ser ...
- ... den Author abbrev. (botany) Hagelst. EARLY LIFE Robert Hagelstein was born in Brooklyn, New York on may 16, 1870. [1] His earliest scientific explorations centered on minerals , but he later became intereste ...
- ... st and mycologist Robert Hagelstein Portrait of Robert Hagelstein, date unknown Born ( 1870-05-16 ) 16 may 1870 Brooklyn, New York Died ( 1945-08-20 ) 20 August 1945 Mineoloa, New York Known for Field and t ...
#3 Johann Franz Drège
Johann Fran(t)z Drège (or Jean François Drège ) (25 March 1794 Altona, Hamburg , Germany – 3 February 1881 Altona, Hamburg , Germany), commonly referred to by his standard botanical author abbreviation Drège , [1] was a German horticulturalist, botanical collector and explorer of Huguenot descent. D
- ... Aar . He followed almost the same route on the return leg of his journey, and was back in Paarl on 16 may 1827. Carl sold his apothecary in Paarl in 1829 and Franz, who had been collecting in the vicinity, ...
#4 Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
Jean-Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent [n 1] was a French naturalist , officer and politician . He was born on 6 July 1778 in Agen ( Lot-et-Garonne ) and died on 22 December 1846 in Paris . Biologist and geographer , he was particularly interested in volcanology , systematics and bo
- ... the Siege of Badajoz in the spring of 1811, at the Battle of Quebara and at the Battle of Albuera ( 16 may 1811). [5] [9] Events having placed him at the head of the troops that formed the garrison of Agen, ...
- ... rn of Napoleon from exile, Bory was elected by the college of the department of Lot-et-Garonne , on 16 may 1815, to the office of representative of Agen at the Chamber of the Hundred Days and sat with the l ...
#5 Charles Sacleux
Charles Joseph Sacleux (1856–1943) was a French Catholic missionary and linguist. [1] He is known also as a botanist, having collected a herbarium of over 2000 plants in East Africa and Zanzibar . [2]
- ... to Bagamoyo . In 1878 he returned to France, and took a position at Chevilly. He died at Grasse on 16 may 1943. [1] In 1890, botanist Baill. published Sacleuxia , a genus of flowering plants from Kenya and ...
#6 Antonio Bey Figari
Antonio Bey Figari (16 May 1804, in Genoa – 8 November 1870, in Genoa) was an Italian pharmacist and naturalist .
- Antonio Bey Figari ( 16 may 1804, in Genoa – 8 November 1870, in Genoa) was an Italian pharmacist and naturalist . LIFE He stud ...
#7 Alexander Gilli
Alexander Gilli (29 April 1904 - 16 May 2007) was an Austrian botanist and pteridologist. [1] He was a pioneer in research on plant communities. The standard author abbreviation Gilli is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [2] This article may be expanded with t
- Alexander Gilli (29 April 1904 - 16 may 2007) was an Austrian botanist and pteridologist. [1] He was a pioneer in research on plant communi ...
#8 Frederick McCoy
Sir Frederick McCoy KCMG FRS (1817 – 13 [1] May 1899), was an Irish palaeontologist , zoologist , and museum administrator, active in Australia. He is noted for founding the Botanic Garden of the University of Melbourne in 1856. [2] Sir Frederick McCoy KCMG FRS Born 1817 Dublin Died ( 1899-05-16 ) 1
- ... versity of Melbourne in 1856. [2] Sir Frederick McCoy KCMG FRS Born 1817 Dublin Died ( 1899-05-16 ) 16 may 1899 Melbourne Occupation Professor of natural sciences at the University of Melbourne Awards Murch ...
- ... niversity of Cambridge . [19] In 1886, he was made CMG , and in 1891 KCMG . He died in Melbourne on 16 may 1899. [20] A species of Australian lizard, Anepischetosia maccoyi , is named in his honour. [21] Th ...
#9 Zina Pitcher
Zina Pitcher (April 12, 1797, in Sandy Hill, New York – April 5, 1872, in Detroit ) was an American physician , politician , educator , and academic administrator . He was a president of the American Medical Association , a two-time mayor of Detroit and a member of the Board of Regents of the Univer
- ... th Mayor of Detroit In office 1843–1843 Preceded by Douglass Houghton Succeeded by John R. Williams 16th may or of Detroit In office 1840–1841 Preceded by De Garmo Jones Succeeded by Douglass Houghton Personal ...
#10 Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (5 June 1773 in Lüttringhausen – 6 March 1854 in Leiden ) was a Prussian -born Dutch botanist . He is considered to be the founding father of Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia . Dutch botanist Caspar G. C. Reinwardt.
- ... inwardtia published by the Herbarium Bogoriense in Java , Indonesia is named after him. MONUMENT On 16 may 2006 a monument for Reinwardt was erected in the Bogor Botanical Gardens by the Indonesian Institut ...
#11 Henry Smith Holden
Henry Smith Holden CBE FRSE FLS (30 November 1887 – 16 May 1963) was a British botanist. Specialising in forensics, he became Director of Laboratories in New Scotland Yard in 1946. The University of Nottingham holds an annual lecture named the H. S. Holden Botanical Lecture in his honour.
- Henry Smith Holden CBE FRSE FLS (30 November 1887 – 16 may 1963) was a British botanist. Specialising in forensics, he became Director of Laboratories in New ...
- ... of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He retired with his wife to Kenley in Surrey . He died on 16 may 1963 at Dene Hospital in Caterham following a brief illness. The standard author abbreviation H.S.H ...
#12 Karl Richter (botanist)
Karl Richter (16 May 1855 in Vienna – 28 December 1891 in Vienna) was an Austrian botanist . Austrian botanist (1855–1891) From 1874 he studied botany at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1877. After completing his studies at the university he worked as a private scholar
- Karl Richter ( 16 may 1855 in Vienna – 28 December 1891 in Vienna) was an Austrian botanist . Austrian botanist (1855–189 ...
#13 Irving Widmer Bailey
Irving Widmer Bailey (August 15, 1884 – May 16, 1967) was an American botanist known for his work in plant anatomy. American botanist Irving Widmer Bailey Born August 15, 1884 Tilton, New Hampshire Died May 16, 1967 (1967-05-16) (aged 82) Cambridge, Massachusetts Alma mater Harvard College Scien
- Irving Widmer Bailey (August 15, 1884 – may 16, 1967) was an American botanist known for his work in plant anatomy. American botanist Irving Widmer ...
- ... ant anatomy. American botanist Irving Widmer Bailey Born August 15, 1884 Tilton, New Hampshire Died may 16, 1967 (1967-05-16) (aged 82) Cambridge, Massachusetts Alma mater Harvard College Scientific career F ...
#14 Pierre Adolphe Lesson
Pierre Adolphe Lesson (1805-1888), also as Pierre-Adolphe Lesson , [1] was a French botanist . The standard author abbreviation A.Lesson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [2] This article relies largely or entirely on a single source . ( December 2016 ) Thi
- ... :Translation . Pierre Adolphe Lesson Adolphe Pierre Lesson Born 24 May 1805 Rochefort , France Died 16 may 1888 (1888-05-16) (aged 82) Rochefort , France Nationality French Other names Pierre-Adolphe Lesson ...
#15 Kurt Dinter
Moritz Kurt Dinter (10 June 1868 – 16 December 1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa . [1] German botanist
- ... he met Helena Jutta Schilde, who followed him to South West Africa and married him in Swakopmund on 16 may 1906, after which they settled in Okahandja; she turned out to be a tireless companion and colleagu ...
#16 Walter Oliver
Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (7 September 1883 – 16 May 1957) was a New Zealand naturalist , ornithologist , malacologist , [1] and museum curator . New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, malacologist and museum curator (1883–1957) Oliver in 1934
- Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (7 September 1883 – 16 may 1957) was a New Zealand naturalist , ornithologist , malacologist , [1] and museum curator . New Ze ...
#17 Frank Nigel Hepper
Frank Nigel Hepper FLS FIBiol (13 March 1929 – 16 May 2013) was an English botanist , best known for his work as editor of The Flora of West Tropical Africa (vols. II and III). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] F. Nigel Hepper Born ( 1929-03-13 ) 13 March 1929 Leeds Died 16 May 2013 (2013-05-16) (aged 8
- Frank Nigel Hepper FLS FIBiol (13 March 1929 – 16 may 2013) was an English botanist , best known for his work as editor of The Flora of West Tropical Afr ...
- ... and III). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] F. Nigel Hepper Born ( 1929-03-13 ) 13 March 1929 Leeds Died 16 may 2013 (2013-05-16) (aged 84) Kingston upon Thames Nationality English Known for Phenology Spouse(s) ...
- ... raphical account of his early life in Leeds and Cumbria. [14] [15] Hepper died at Kingston Hospital 16 may 2013. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Hepper, F. N., ed. (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa . Vol. III. Cr ...
#18 Margaret Sibella Brown
Margaret Sibella Brown (March 2, 1866 – November 16, 1961) was a Canadian bryologist specializing in mosses and liverworts native to Nova Scotia . Although lacking formal scientific training, she has been recognized for her contributions to bryology and as an authority on the mosses and liverworts
- ... / (Collected by) M. S. Brown July '23 Brown was awarded an honorary M.A. from Acadia University on may 16, 1950, at the age of 84. [7] [8] [15] She was offered an honorary Ph.D., which she declined in favou ...
#19 Giovanni Zantedeschi
Giovanni Zantedeschi (3 May 1773, Molina , – 16 May 1846, Bovegno ) was an Italian physician and an important Italian botanist . He studied in Verona and later in Padua , where he graduated with honors, in medicine and surgery . He completed his training in Verona, and practiced his profession for s
- Giovanni Zantedeschi (3 May 1773, Molina , – 16 may 1846, Bovegno ) was an Italian physician and an important Italian botanist . He studied in Verona a ...
#20 Carl Adolf Otth
Carl Adolf (Adolphe) Otth (April 2, 1803, Bern - May 16, 1839) was a Swiss physician and naturalist . He was the brother of mycologist Gustav Heinrich Otth (1806-1874). [1] Swiss physician and naturalist (1803–1839) In 1822 he studied medicine in Bern, and afterwards attended classes on natural hist
- Carl Adolf (Adolphe) Otth (April 2, 1803, Bern - may 16, 1839) was a Swiss physician and naturalist . He was the brother of mycologist Gustav Heinrich Otth ...
Zoo / Zoo
#1 Adventure World (Japan)
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
- ... it was announced that "a female baby was born on October 13," and was named Mirai, but she died on may 16, 2014, so she is no longer seen. In 2013, a male baby was born. Since a male Arctic died of liver ca ...
#2 Toronto Zoo
The Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. Encompassing 287 hectares (710 acres) , [1] the Toronto Zoo is the largest zoo in Canada. [7] It is divided into seven zoogeographic regions: Indo-Malaya, Africa, Americas, Tundra Trek, Australasia, Eurasia, and the Canadian Domain. Som
- ... added, as well as enlarged seahorse tanks, sea anemones and moon jellyfish . The exhibit opened on may 16, 2008, alongside the reopening of the Australasia Pavilion. In May 2007, Dinosaurs Alive opened, whi ...
- ... named by the community: Aurora, Nikita, and Inukshuk. The Tundra Trek opened on August 1, 2009. On may 16, 2008, Stingray Bay opened for the first time. This interactive exhibit allowed the public to touch, ...
#3 Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is a 335-acre (136 ha) African-centered animal theme park located in Tampa, Florida , United States. Owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment , the park opened on June 1, 1959. The park has an annual attendance consistently exceeding 4 million, often ranking sec
- ... shops. [142] [143] [144] Scorpion , a Schwarzkopf steel roller coaster, later opened in Timbuktu on may 16. [145] To boost attendance in the park, Busch Gardens revealed plans for a $6 million river rapids r ...
- ... mpic village as a sponsor of the 1996 Summer Olympics . [210] The Egypt section opened to guests on may 16, located in the south east portion of the park at the cost of $5 million. [201] [211] The section in ...
- ... ent, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy , debuted on December 3. [323] Busch Gardens disclosed details on may 16, 2011, to replace the old rhinoceros enclosure with a 16,000 sq ft (1,500 m 2 ) "Animal Care & Nutri ...
#4 Portland Aquarium
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
- ... um showed to The Oregonian a death log of animals that had died in the aquarium from February 18 to may 16, 2013. The death log contained over 200 animals that died during that time, causing much controversy ...
#5 Dierenpark Emmen
Dierenpark Emmen (also known as Noorder Dierenpark ) was a large zoo located in Emmen in the northern province of Drenthe in the Netherlands . Due to financial difficulties the zoo decided in 2011 to reorganise. It closed at the end of 2015, but reopened early 2016 on another location as Wildlands A
- ... as Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen . Zoo in Emmen, Netherlands Dierenpark Emmen Entrance Date opened 16 may 1935 Date closed 31 December 2015 Location Emmen , Netherlands Coordinates 52°46′55″N 6°53′20″E Ann ...
#6 Shenzhen Safari Park
Shenzhen Safari Park ( Chinese : 深圳野生动物园 ) is a zoo in Shenzhen, China . It is located in near Xili Lake in Xili Subdistrict . and covers an area of 1.2 million square meters. [1] It is the first zoo in China to have uncaged animals. [2] [3] [4] There are over 300 species and more than ten thousand
- ... n Retriever to care for the cubs, and the dog was accepted by the cubs as their surrogate mother on may 16. [6] CONTROVERSY On October 2, 2014, a horse that was pulling tourists in a heavy carriage in the zo ...