Karl Ernst von Baer

Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn (;  – ) was an Estonian scientist and explorer. Baer is also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer ().

Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and a founding father of embryology.

He was an explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a co-founder of the Russian Geographical Society, and the first president of the Russian Entomological Society.

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