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Alexander von Keyserling | |
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 Portrait taken by Georg Friedrich Schlater, before 1870 | |
| Born | 27 August [O.S. 15] 1815 Kabillen Manor, Kabillen, Kreis Goldingen, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kabile, Kuldīga Municipality, Latvia) |
| Died | 20 May [O.S. 8] 1891 Rayküll Manor, Rayküll, Kreis Harrien, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Raikküla, Rapla County, Estonia) |
| Nationality | Baltic German |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire German Confederation German Empire |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Keyserl. |
Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Nikolaus Arthur Graf[2] von Keyserling[3][4] (15 August 1815 – 8 May 1891) was a Baltic German geologist and paleontologist from the Keyserlingk family of Baltic German nobility.
- ^ von Klingspor, Carl Arvid (1882). Baltisches Wappenbuch. Stockholm. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-543-98710-5.
- ^ Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as 'Count', not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.
- ^ His full name was stated as Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Arthur Nicolaus James in the Curonian edition of the Baltic Knighthood book.
- ^ Stavenhagen 1930, pp. 241.