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About Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of embryology. 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, making him one of the most distinguished Baltic German scientists.
Everything about Karl Ernst von Baer →- Occupation
- explorer, anthropologist, zoologist, physician
- Position held
- professor
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- February 17, 1792, February 28, 1792
- Died
- November 16, 1876, November 28, 1876