langs: 31 мая [ru] / may 31 [en] / 31. mai [de] / 31 mai [fr] / 31 maggio [it] / 31 de mayo [es]
days: may 28 / may 29 / may 30 / may 31 / june 1 / june 2 / june 3
Eriocaulon scariosum , commonly named common , rough or pale pipewort , is a species of tufted grass-like herbaceous plants, constituting part of the plant family Eriocaulaceae . [2] [4] The scientific name of Eriocaulon is derived from Ancient Greek εριον, erion, which means 'wool', and καυλός, cau
Selmar Schonland (15 August 1860 – 22 April 1940), originally spelt Schönland , the founder of the Department of Botany at Rhodes University , was a German immigrant, who came to the Eastern part of the Cape Colony in 1889 to take up an appointment as curator of the Albany Museum . He came to Graham
#2 Johann Coaz
Johann Wilhelm Fortunat Coaz (31 May 1822 – 18 August 1918) was a Swiss forester , topographer and mountaineer from Graubünden . In 1850 he made the first ascent of Piz Bernina , the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps . He also gave Piz Bernina its name, after the eponymous pass . [1] Johann Coaz
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles FRS FRAS (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) [1] [2] was a British statesman who served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the British East Indies between 1811 and 1816, and Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. He is best known mainly for his founding of mod
William Graham McIvor (1824 - 8 June 1876) was a Scottish gardener and superintendent of the Neilgherry Cinchona plantations in Ootacamund , India who was responsible for the successful introduction of cinchona plants in the Nilgiris in the 1860s. Tomb of McIvor at Ootacamund with relief showing Cin
Cecil Terence Ingold CMG (5 July 1905 – 31 May 2010) was "one of the most influential mycologists of the twentieth century". [1] He was president of the British Mycological Society where he organised the first international congress of mycologists. An entire class of aquatic fungi within the Pleospo
Antígona Segura Peralta (born September 20, 1971) is a Mexican physicist and astrobiologist . Since 2006, she has been a researcher at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and collaborator at the NASA Astrobiology Institute . [1] As a feminist she
Aimo Kaarlo Cajander (4 April 1879 – 21 January 1943) was the Prime Minister of Finland up to the Winter War . [2] Prime minister of Finland variously between 1922 and 1939 Aimo Cajander 7th Prime Minister of Finland [1] In office 2 June 1922 – 14 November 1922 President Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg Prec
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
I. M. (Ivan Murray) Johnston (February 28, 1898–May 31, 1960), [1] was a United States botanist . He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and at Harvard University . His plant collections are housed in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden , in Claremont, and also in the Gray Herbarium o
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
#11 Anne M. Schot
Anne M. Schot (born 1966) is a Nederlander botanist. Lock at Leidschendam Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden 2011 Acadamiegebouw (Academy building), Universiteit Leiden Melanitis leda Entrance to Hortus Botanicus Leiden Hortus Botanicus Leiden Nederlander Botanist This article has multiple issues. Please he
#12 Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway
Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway , CBE (16 April 1879 – 23 May 1953) was a British politician, horticulturalist and industrialist. He was the son of Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Laura Pochin . 2nd Baron Aberconway, politician and horticulturist (1879–1953) The Right Honourable
#13 Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (or Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic ) (29 January 1759 – 10 July 1828) was a French botanist , invertebrate zoologist , and entomologist . French botanist, zoologist, and entomologist (1759–1828) Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc Born 29 January 1759 Paris , France Died 10 July
#14 Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (31 May 1755 – 28 June 1829) was a German botanist and entomologist . Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer Born 31 May 1755 Etzelwang Died 28 June 1829 (aged 74) Hersbruck Occupation Botanist , entomologist He was born at Etzelwang in the Upper Palatinate and died at Her
Alexander Zahlbruckner (31 May 1860, Szentgyörgy – 1938) was an Austrian - Hungarian botanist who specialized in the study of lichens . [1] Johann Babtist Zahlbruckner, an earlier Austrian botanist, was his grandfather. [2] Austrian botanist and lichenologist (1860–1938) From 1878 to 1883 he studied
#16 Thomas Mitchell (explorer)
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (15 June 1792 – 5 October 1855), surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia, was born at Grangemouth in Stirlingshire , Scotland. [1] In 1827 he took up an appointment as Assistant Surveyor General of New South Wales. The following year he became Surveyor General
#17 Sandro Pignatti
Alessandro "Sandro" Pignatti (born 28 September 1930) is an Italian botanist specialising in pteridophytes and spermatophytes . [1] The Australian plant species Calectasia pignattiana was named after him. On 31 May 1991 Pignatti received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Mathematics and Scie
#18 Ethel Doidge
Ethel Mary Doidge (1887–1965) was a British born, South African mycologist and bacteriologist . Doidge was born in Nottingham , England on 31 May 1887 and was educated in South Africa at Epworth School in Pietermaritzburg and Huguenot College , Wellington, Western Cape . In 1908 she joined the Trans
#19 Hugh Low
Sir Hugh Low , GCMG [1] [2] (10 May 1824 – 18 April 1905) was a British colonial administrator and naturalist . After a long residence in various colonial roles in Labuan , he was appointed as British administrator in the Malay Peninsula where he made the first trials of Hevea rubber in the region.
#20 Sir Charles Bunbury, 8th Baronet
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury , 8th Baronet of Barton Hall, Suffolk, (4 February 1809 – 18 June 1886) was an English naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society . Charles James Fox Bunbury Charles Bunbury, by Eden Upton Eddis Born ( 1809-02-04 ) 4 February 1809 Died 18 June 1886 (1886-06-18) (aged
#1 Berlin Zoo
The Berlin Zoological Garden ( German: Zoologischer Garten Berlin ) is the oldest surviving and best-known zoo in Germany. Opened in 1844, it covers 35 hectares (86.5 acres) and is located in Berlin 's Tiergarten . With about 1,380 different species and over 20,200 animals, the zoo presents one of t
The National Zoo and Aquarium is a privately owned 19-hectare (47-acre) zoo and aquarium in the Australian capital city of Canberra . It is located in Yarralumla at the western end of Lake Burley Griffin , next to Scrivener Dam . It recently had a major expansion, with 12 ha (30 acres) of open ran
The Minnesota Zoo (formerly the Minnesota Zoological Garden ), is an AZA -accredited zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota . It is one of two state-supported zoos in the United States , with the other being the North Carolina Zoo . [6] When it opened on May 22, 1978 [1] it was fairly revolutionary in its e
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
The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium , located in Toledo, Ohio, is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), [1] and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), through the year 2022. [2] The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium houses over 10,000 individual animals that cover 720 spec