Alexander Fedorovich Middendorf. To the bicentenary of the birth N. G. Sukhova, E. Tammiksaar 2nd edition, revised and expanded. St. Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, 2015. 380 p
Abstract
This paper reviews the second edition of a biography of Alexander Middendorf (1815-1894) - a prominent naturalist and a scientific traveller, a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. The biography was produced in co-authorship by two scholars from Russia and Estonia. It sheds a new light not only on this important scientist (who is not a familiar figure for a non-specialist audience) but also on the whole community of the Baltic naturalists and travellers who played an important role in the exploration of nature and natural resources in the Russian empire in the nineteenth century.
About the Authors
A. A. Fedotova
Saint-Petersburg branch of S. I. Vavilov Institute of History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
M. V. Loskutova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
M. V. Vinarski
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Fedotova A.A., Loskutova M.V., Vinarski M.V. Alexander Fedorovich Middendorf. To the bicentenary of the birth N. G. Sukhova, E. Tammiksaar 2nd edition, revised and expanded. St. Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, 2015. 380 p. Proceedings of the Russian Geographical Society. 2016;148(5):90-96. (In Russ.)
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