Richard Maack

Richard Maack
Born(1825-09-04)4 September 1825
Kuressaare, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died25 November 1886(1886-11-25) (aged 61)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Occupation(s)Naturalist, geographer, botanist, and educator

Richard Otto Maack (also Richard Karlovich Maak; Russian: Ричард Карлович Маак; 4 September 1825 – 25 November 1886) was a Russian naturalist, geographer, and anthropologist. He is most known for his exploration of the Russian Far East and Siberia,[1] particularly the Ussuri and Amur River valleys.[2] He wrote some of the first scientific descriptions of the natural history of remote Siberia and collected many biological specimens, many of which were original type specimens of previously unknown species.[2]

Ethnically Maack was a Baltic German from Estonia;[3] however, the Russian Empire controlled this country during his lifetime. He was a member of the Siberian branch of the Russian Geographical Society.[4]

  1. ^ The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture by Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1916, pg. 124.
  2. ^ a b "Antiquarian Books". Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-16. Maak, R.K. Atlas to «Travel on the Amur river made by order of the Siberian department of the Emperor’s Russian Geographical Society in 1855». Saint-Petersburg, S.F. Soloviev, 1859.
  3. ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names 2000, By Umberto Quattrocchi. p. 1573.
  4. ^ Literature of Travel and Exploration 2002. By Jennifer Speake. Taylor & Francis. p. 1040.