Ferdinand von Wrangel

Baron
Ferdinand von Wrangel
Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel
6th Governor of Russian America
In office
1 June 1830 – 29 October 1835
Preceded byPyotr Yegorovich Chistyakov
Succeeded byIvan Kupreyanov
Minister of the Navy
In office
18 May 1855 – 27 July 1857
Preceded byAlexander Menshikov
Succeeded byNikolay Metlin
Personal details
Born(1797-12-29)29 December 1797
Pskov, Governorate of Pskov, Russian Empire
Died25 May 1870(1870-05-25) (aged 72)
Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
NationalityBaltic German
SpouseElisabeth Teodora Natalia Karolina de Rossillon
ChildrenWilhelm, Peter, Ferdinand, Elisabeth, Eva
Military service
Allegiance Russian Empire
Branch/service Imperial Russian Navy
 Imperial Russian Army
Years of service1815–1864
RankAdmiral
Adjutant General
Battles/warsCrimean War
Portrait by Ida Falander

Baron[a] Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von[b] Wrangel (Russian: Барон Фердинанд Петрович Врангель, tr. Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel'; 9 January 1797 [O.S. 29 December 1796] – 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1870) was a Russia German (Baltic German) explorer and officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, Honorable Member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and a founder of the Russian Geographic Society. He is best known as the chief manager of the Russian-American Company and governor of the Russian settlements in present-day Alaska.

In English texts, Wrangel is sometimes spelled Vrangel, a transliteration from Russian, which more closely represents its pronunciation in German, or Wrangell.
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