Alexander von Middendorff | |
|---|---|
 von Middendorff circa 1880 | |
| Born | 18 August [O.S. 6] 1815 |
| Died | 24 January [O.S. 12] 1894 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Hellenorm Manor Cemetery (now Hellenurme, Estonia) |
| Nationality | Baltic German |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire German Confederation German Empire |
| Education | Humboldt University of Berlin University of Erlangen-Nuremberg University of Vienna University of Breslau |
| Alma mater | Imperial University of Dorpat |
| Occupation(s) | Zoologist Explorer |
| Employer(s) | Kiev University St Petersburg Academy of Sciences |
Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ми́ддендорф; tr. Aleksandr Fyodorovich Middendorf; 18 August 1815 – 24 January 1894[2]) was a Russian zoologist and explorer of Baltic German and Estonian extraction. He is known for his expedition 1843–45 to the extreme north and east of Siberia, describing the effects of permafrost on the spread of animals and plants.
- ^ Carl Arvid von Klingspor (1882). Baltisches Wappenbuch. Stockholm. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-543-98710-5. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means 'of' or 'from' and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by their last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.