Author: Karl Ernst von Baer
Alternate names: Karl Ernst v. Baer; Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn; Karl Maksimovich Baer; Карл Эрнст фон Бэр; Карл Макси́мович Бэр
Born: 1792-02-17
Died: 1876-11-16
Bio: Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, 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. (Wikipedia)