Johann Albert von Regel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian botanist
Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1845
Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Death: 06-Jul-1909
Profession: physician, art historian, botanist, archaeologist
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Johann Albert von Regel
- Johann Albert von Regel in Russian: ?????-??????? ?????? (12 December 1845, Zürich – 6 July 1909, Odessa) was a Swiss-Russian physician and botanist.
- He was the son of botanist Eduard August von Regel (1815-1892). He studied medicine in Saint Petersburg, Göttingen, Vienna and Dorpat, afterwards being appointed district physician in Kuldja, Russian East Turkestan.
- From 1877 to 1885, he conducted botanical excursions in Turkestan and in the Pamir region of Central Asia.
- Specimens from these trips were delivered to the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden.In 1891, the genus Aregelia (syn: Nidularium, family: Bromeliaceae) was named in his honor by Otto Kuntze.
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