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Karl Maximovich

1827 - 1891

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Carl Johann Maximowicz, or Karl Ivanovich Maximovich (Russian: Карл Иванович Максимович; 23 November 1827 – 16 February 1891) was a Russian botanist. Maximovich spent most of his life studying the flora of the countries he had visited in the Far East, and naming many new species. He worked at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Gardens from 1852 as curator of the herbarium collection, becoming Director in 1869. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Karl Maximovich is the 262nd most popular explorer (up from 397th in 2024), the 962nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,782nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Karl Maximovich ranks 262 out of 498. Before him are Thekla Resvoll, Karl Weyprecht, Oscar Wisting, Bento de Góis, Julius Popper, and Rodrigo de Jerez. After him are Edward Bransfield, Ada Blackjack, Adolf Lüderitz, Jedediah Smith, Man of the Hole, and Francisco Moreno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Karl Maximovich ranks 41. Before him are Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Paul de Lagarde, William Windom, Henri Ernest Baillon, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Kusumoto Ine. After him are Anthimus VII of Constantinople, Amédée Courbet, Pierre Cuypers, Pierre Tirard, Charles Wolf, and Goffredo Mameli. Among people deceased in 1891, Karl Maximovich ranks 59. Before him are Giovanni Morelli, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Ion C. Brătianu, Paul de Lagarde, Konstantin Leontiev, and William Windom. After him are Miklós Ybl, Pōmare V, Jean Stas, Heinrich Graetz, Louis Paulsen, and Prince Baudouin of Belgium.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Karl Maximovich ranks 962 out of 3,761. Before him are Victor Skumin (1948), Boris Asafyev (1884), Elisaveta Bykova (1913), Yury Yakovlev (1928), Nikolay Krylov (1903), and Vladimir Sorokin (1955). After him are Oleg Yefremov (1927), Anatoly Dobrynin (1919), Ivan Tyulenev (1892), Pavel Grachev (1948), Gustaf Kossinna (1858), and Tini Beg (1341).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Karl Maximovich ranks 13. Before him are Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (1746), Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Vasily Tatishchev (1686), Vladimir Atlasov (1661), Yerofey Khabarov (1603), and Dmitry Laptev (1701). After him are Aleksei Chirikov (1703), Pyotr Kozlov (1862), Grigory Shelikhov (1747), Semyon Chelyuskin (1700), Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), and Boris Vilkitsky (1885).

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